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Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – May 2026
Jack Garden
11 August 2017
New Guidance on Financial Sanctions – OFSI approach to compliance and enforcement
With recent developments in the field of sanctions policy the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has updated its Guidance. This is in light of new Regulations in the area in force from 8 August. Sanctions policy and the UK’s approach to this have also been in the spotlight with the forthcoming International Sanctions Bill ( see related blog).
8 August 2017
New reporting regulations for sanctions breaches now in force
New regulations which expand the scope of the reporting requirements set out in existing UK financial sanctions statutory instruments have been introduced.
8 August 2017
Post-#Brexit extradition arrangements: clarity called for
After months of relative quiet regarding the government’s plans for post-Brexit extradition arrangements, there have been several comments over the past day or so by senior figures which will be of interest to those watching this issue. This blog looks at what we know now, following these comments.
4 August 2017
#Brexit: Government outlines provisions of future International Sanctions Bill
As part of the post-Brexit landscape an International Sanctions Bill designed to support the UK’s role as a “leading player on the world stage” will be introduced. This will establish a new sovereign UK framework to implement international sanctions on a multilateral or unilateral basis. This was outlined in the Queen’s Speech 2017 on 21 June. (See our related blog). Since then the question of a sanctions regime post-Brexit has been the focus of discussion in both Houses of Parliament and the Government has given further indication as to what future legislation will contain.
24 July 2017
The European Investigation Order – belatedly in force
The European Investigation Order (EIO) scheme will come into force in the UK on 31 July 2017. It will be done by way of secondary legislation (SI No 730 of 2017 – The Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017). As reported in our previous blog there was a delay to Directive (2014/41/EU) being implemented. EU member states had undertaken to enact the provisions by 22 May 2017 only for the recent general election to intervene domestically.
