S.I. No. 222/2006 - Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(2)) (Usama Bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2006


S.I. No. 222 of 2006

REGULATIONS

entitled

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(2)) (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2006

I, Brian Cowen, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 42(2) of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act, 2005 (No 2 of 2005), for the purpose of giving effect to certain acts that are adopted by the institutions of the European Communities, and being of the opinion that Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 20021 , as amended, is for the purpose of, or will contribute to, combating terrorism through the adoption of specific restrictive measures, directed at persons, groups or entities, for the identification detection, freezing or seizure of their assets of any kind, hereby make the following Regulations:

1.   These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences Act 2005 (Section 42(2)) (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2006.

2.   (1)  In these Regulations -

“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 ,

(xxxvii)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1277/2004 of 12 July 200438 and corrigendum39 ;

(xxxviii)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1728/2004 of 1 October 200440 ,

(xxxix)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1840/2004 of 21 October 200441 ,

(xl)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2034/2004 of 26 November 200442 ,

(xli)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2145/2004 of 15 December 200443 ,

(xlii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 14/2005 of 5 January 200544 ,

(xliii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 187/2005 of 2 February 200545 ,

(xliv)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 301/2005 of 23 February 200546 ,

(xlv)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 717/2005 of 11 May 200547 ,

(xlvi)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 757/2005 of 18 May 200548 ,

(xlvii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 853/2005 of 3 June 200549

(xlviii)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1190/2005 of 20 July 200550

(xlix)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1264/2005 of 28 July 200551

(l)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1278/2005 of 2 August 200552

(li)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1347/2005 of 16 August 200553

(lii)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1378/2005 of 22 August 200554

(liii)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1551/2005 of 22 September 200555

(liv)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1629/2005 of 5 October 200556

(lv)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1690/2005 of 14 October 200557

(lvi)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1797/2005 of 28 October 200558

(lvii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2005 of 9 November 200559

(lviii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1956/2005 of 29 November 200560

(lix)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2018/2005 of 9 December 200561

(lx)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2100/2005 of 20 December 200562

(lxi)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 76/2006 of 17 January 200663 and corrigendum64

(lxii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 142/2006 of 26 January 200665

(lxiii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 246/2006 of 10 February 200666 and

(lxiv)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 357/2006 of 28 February 200667

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

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

(3) In these Regulations, unless otherwise indicated, a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation in these Regulations.

3.   Every person shall comply with the Council Regulation.

4.  A person shall not do anything to directly or indirectly circumvent the provisions of the Council Regulation or these Regulations.

5.  The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(2)) (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations (No. 2) 2005 ( S.I. No. 822 of 2005 ) is revoked.

 

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25th April 2006.

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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).

These Regulations provide for penalties for breach of financial sanctions against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban of Afghanistan imposed by 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 Regulation.

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