S.I. No. 146/2005 - Financial Transfers (Usama Bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Prohibition) Order 2005


S.I. No. 146 of 2005

Financial Transfers (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Prohibition) Order 2005


I, Brian Cowen, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 of the Financial Transfers Act 1992 ( No. 27 of 1992 ) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 20021 as amended hereby order as follows:

1.     This Order may be cited as the Financial Transfers (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Prohibition) Order 2005.

2.     (1) In this Order —

“Central Bank” means Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland;

“Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 20021 , as amended by:

(i)         Council Regulation (EC) No. 561/2003 of 27 March 20032 ,

(ii)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 951/2002 of 3 June 20023 ,

(iii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1580/2002 of 4 September 20024 ,

(iv)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1644/2002 of 13 September 20025 ,

(v)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1754/2002 of 1 October 20026 ,

(vi)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1823/2002 of 11 October 20027 ,

(vii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2002 of 23 October 20028 ,

(viii)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2002 of 29 October 20029 ,

(ix)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2083/2002 of 22 November 200210 ,

(x)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 145/2003 of 27 January 200311 ,

(xi)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 215/2003 of 3 February 200312 ,

(xii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 244/2003 of 7 February 200313 ,

(xiii)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 342/2003 of 21 February 200314 ,

(xiv)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 350/2003 of 25 February 200315 ,

(xv)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 370/2003 of 27 February 200316 ,

(xvi)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 414/2003 of 5 March 200317 ,

(xvii)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 742/2003 of 28 April 200318 ,

(xviii)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 866/2003 of 19 May 200319 ,

(xix)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1012/2003 of 12 June 200320 ,

(xx)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1184/2003 of 2 July 200321 ,

(xxi)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1456/2003 of 14 August 200322 ,

(xxii)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1607/2003 of 12 September 200323 ,

(xxiii)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1724/2003 of 29 September 200324 ,

(xxiv)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1991/2003 of 12 November 200325 ,

(xxv)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2049/2003 of 20 November 200326 ,

(xxvi)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2003 of 10 December 200327 ,

(xxvii)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 19/2004 of 7 January 200428 ,

(xxviii)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 100/2004 of 21 January 200429 ,

(xxix)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 180/2004 of 30 January 200430 ,

(xxx)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 391/2004 of 1 March 200431 ,

(xxxi)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 524/2004 of 19 March 200432 ,

(xxxii)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 667/2004 of 7 April 200433 ,

(xxxiii)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 950/2004 of 6 May 200434 ,

(xxxiv)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 984/2004 of 14 May 200435 ,

(xxxv)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1187/2004 of 25 June 200436 ,

(xxxvi)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1237/2004 of 5 July 200437 and,

(xxxvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1277/2004 of 12 July 200438 ;

(xxxviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1728/2004 of 1 October 200439

(xxxix)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1840/2004 of 21 October 200440

(xl)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2034/2004 of 26 November 200441

(xli)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2145/2004 of 15 December 200442

(xlii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 14/2005 of 5 January 200543

(xliii)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 187/2005 of 2 February 200544

(xliv)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 301/2005 of 23 February 200545

“persons” includes a natural or legal person, group, entity or body.

“competent authority” means a competent authority within the State specified in Annex II to the Council Regulation.

(2)   A word or expression that is used in this Order has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning that it has in the Council Regulation.

3.     This Order applies to financial transfers -

(a)     in respect of all funds and economic resources belonging to persons listed in Annex I to the Council Regulation as amended, and

(b)     relating to the making available of funds and economic resources, either directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of persons listed in Annex I to the Council Regulation.

4.     A person shall not make a financial transfer to which this Order applies between the State and another country.

5.     Nothwithstanding Article 4 of this Order, a person may make a financial transfer to which this Order applies where a competent authority has made a determination and granted a request pursuant to Article 2a of the Council Regulation.

6.     The Central Bank may, for the purpose of supervision of financial transfers and for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Order, give such directions or issue such instructions to a person as it sees fit.

7.     A person to whom a direction has been given or an instruction issued under Article 6 of this Order shall comply with such direction or instruction.

8.     A person shall not do anything to directly or indirectly assist in the circumvention of the provisions of this Order.

9.     The Financial Transfers (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan (Prohibition) Order 2004 [ S.I. No. 456 of 2004 ] is revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

This 10th day of March 2005.

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BRIAN COWEN

Minister for Finance

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Statutory Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The Order prohibits financial transfers between the State and another country in respect of all funds and economic resources belonging to the persons or entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban of Afghanistan and which are listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 561/2003 of 27 March 2003 and the Commission Regulations referred to in this Order.

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