 The Act gives the Secretary of State for Trade the authority to "give to any person in the United Kingdom who carries on business there such directions for prohibiting compliance" with laws of a foreign state which control or regulate international trade in a way which damages British trading interests.The Act also prohibited British corporations from giving documentation to a potentially hostile foreign interest and empowered British courts to seize the assets of any overseas power which impounded assets of British corporations.The Act restricts the enforceability of judgments for multiple damages.