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.
- — UK IT service providers must reassess licence coverage - OFSI amended the covered provider definition.
Who is affected
- — Sanctions compliance teams
- — Payments operations teams
- — UK IT service providers covered by OFSI licences
What to watch
- — General Licence INT/2025/7628424 expires on 22 October 2026