Part 3 - Sanctions Chapter 2 – Imposition of Sanctions Section 59: Urgent designation of persons by description
Section 59 amends section 12 of the Sanctions Act, which is similar to section 11 of that Act but provides for circumstances where an appropriate Minister designates a person by description rather than by name.
	Under section 12 as amended, sanctions regulations which provide for designation by description must provide for a new urgent procedure for making designations. This will be similar to the urgent designation procedure for designations by name.
	In relation to the standard procedure for designations by description, the amendments will remove the condition that such a power may only be used where it is not practicable for the Minister to identify by name all the persons falling within the description. Sanctions regulations will no longer need to provide that a Minister can designate by description only where the "appropriateness test" is met. That test is that the Minister considers that the designation of persons of that description is appropriate, having regard to the purposes of the relevant sanctions regulations and to the likely significant effects of the designation on persons of the specified description.
	Amendments are made to the provisions of section 12 which concern statements of reasons, to reflect these changes in the procedure for designation.