Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Babbar Akali Lehar
Aliases
BAL
Official reason
We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Babbar Akali Lehar (“BAL”) is an involved person on the basis that it has been involved in the following terrorist activity: (a) BAL has been and is promoting and encouraging terrorism, through promoting a person involved in terrorism, namely Babbar Khalsa (“BK”) which uses the alias Babbar Khalsa Inter...
Date of listing
2025-12-04
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UN, UK horizontal
Target State
Terrorism
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The government has repealed Part 1 of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA). The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020 and are intended to replace Part 1 of TAFA. This sanctions regime aims to further the prevention of terrorism in the UK or elsewhere and protect UK national ...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 4 of the Regulations.
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