Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 680 of 2020).

The Regulations are organised VII Parts and 2 Schedules. The purposes of the Regulations (regulation 4) are to establish a sanction regime to deter, and provide accountability for, activities which, if carried out by or on behalf of a State within the territory of that State, would amount to a serious violation by that State of an individual's (a) right to life, (b) right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or (c) right to be free from slavery, not to be held in servitude or required to perform forced or compulsory labour. Under this definition fall as well activities carried out outside the United Kingdom by any person, or in the United Kingdom by a person who is not a United Kingdom person. “Activity” includes an omission.
Under Part II, the Secretary of the State has the power to designate persons when the designation meets the purpose of the Regulations, it is likely to have significant effects on that person, and when the Secretary of the State has reasonable grounds to suspect that that person is an “involved person”. Involved person means a person involved in an activity falling within regulation 4, or when is not an individual is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by a person who is or has been so involved, or is acting on behalf of or at the direction of a person who is or has been so involved, or is a member of, or associated with, a person who is or has been so involved. Designated persons may be excluded from the United Kingdom (Part IV - regulation 17) and may be made subject to financial sanctions (Part III - Regulations 11 to 15).
Part V allows exceptions to the sanctions regime. For instance, regulation 19, allows acts prohibited by regulation 9(2) (confidentiality) or any prohibition in Part 3 (Finance), if the act is done by a responsible officer in the interests of national security, or to prevent a serious crime. Furthermore, under regulation 20 it is recognised the power of the Treasury to issue licences in respect of activities that would otherwise be prohibited under the Regulations. Schedule 2 sets out the purposes under which the Treasury will issue such licences.
Part VI concerns information and record keeping. The Regulations prescribe reporting obligations, confer to the Treasury power to request information and disclose information.
Part VII makes a criminal offence to contravene, or circumvent, any of the prohibitions or prescription s in these Regulations and regulates penalties and trials process.