Jersey Now Has Ability to Adopt UK Sanctions After Brexit

Jersey’s minister for external relations put forth a sanctions law last fall that has been enacted to “preserve Jersey’s power” to impose European Union sanctions after the United Kingdom leaves the EU, according to a press release and a July 3 notice. The law gives Jersey, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of France, the right to impose the same sanctions as under the U.K.’s current regime, including the U.K.’s Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act, after Brexit. The change takes effect July 19, the notice said.