Part 1: Sanctions regulations Chapter 5: Miscellaneous Section 47: Power to amend Part 1 so as to authorise additional sanctions
This section allows an appropriate Minister to amend Part 1 of the Act through regulations to add different types of sanctions not yet listed within Chapter 1 of the Act. It can only be used for types of sanctions that the UK is or has been under a UN or other international obligation to impose. It does not enable any modification to be made to the purposes for which sanctions can be made. This section future-proofs the Act against a changing sanctions landscape, by enabling new sanctions measures agreed internationally to be brought within the scope of the Act. The regulations must follow the draft affirmative procedure.