OFSI extends Interim Necessities General Licence to 22 October 2026
→Sanctions teams must retime licence controls to 22 October 2026 expiry
Change
UK's OFSI extended General Licence INT/2025/7628424 (Interim Necessities) for six months, with new expiry 22 October 2026.
Why it matters
Authorised interim-necessities payments and services continue under the new expiry. The IT-Provider definition broadens to cover broadband, telephony, anti-virus, OS and regulatory-reporting software. Permissions 4.2, 8.2 and 8.3 are added; reporting clause 10.1 is revised.
Implications
- → Sanctions compliance teams must update expiry controls to 22 October 2026 - transactions after expiry lose licence cover.
- → Payments teams using permission 4.2 must capture the DP sender name - reporting wording now reflects that permission.
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