This Practice Note explains how designations made under the UK domestic Sanctions regime under the Sanctions and Anti-Money laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA 2018) can be challenged. SAMLA 2018 was implemented to ensure the UK had a robust sanctions regime after the UK left the EU and enabled the UK to impose financial sanctions, immigration sanctions, trade sanctions, aircraft sanctions, shipping sanctions and other sanctions needed to comply with United Nations (UN) sanctions obligations. Those UK sanctions made under SAMLA 2018 which replaced EU or UN sanctions were brought into force fully at the end of the Implementation period (IP completion day). For further guidance, see Practice Note: Development of sanctions regime in the UK post Brexit—timeline.

For information on the UK domestic sanctions regime under SAMLA 2018, see Practice Notes: The UK sanctions framework under SAMLA 2018 and UK sanctions regimes currently in force.