Legal background Sanctions Measures
The Sanctions Act provides the legal framework for the UK to impose, update and lift sanctions both autonomously and in compliance with UN obligations. The Sanctions Act provides powers for Ministers to create sanctions regulations through statutory instruments. Through these regulations, specific provisions can be applied to designated persons.
	Designated persons can be individuals or entities. A person may be designated by the UK acting autonomously or in order to implement a designation made by the UN.
	The power to make sanctions regulations is found in Section 1 of the Sanctions Act. Sections 11 and 12 specify provision which must be included in regulations which confer a power to designate. The Sanctions Act also contains reporting and review processes, including a process for designated persons to challenge their designation.