The Former Yugoslavia (United Nations Sanctions) Order 1994
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UNITED NATIONS The Former Yugoslavia (United Nations Sanctions) Order 1994
At the Court of Saint James, the 17th day of October 1994 Present, The Counsellors of State in Council
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Former Yugoslavia (United Nations Sanctions) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 19th October 1994. (2) If, after the making of this Order, the Security Council of the United Nations takes a decision which has the effect of cancelling or suspending in whole or in part the operation of the resolutions adopted by it on 17th April 1993 and 23rd September 1994, this Order shall cease to have effect or its operation shall be suspended, as the case may be, in accordance with that decision; and particulars of that decision shall be published by the Secretary of State in a notice in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes. (3) This Order shall extend to the United Kingdom.
2. In this Order the following expressions have, except where otherwise expressly provided, the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—
3. Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State under this article or the Export of Goods (Control) (Croatian and Bosnian Territories) Order 1993[5], all goods are prohibited to be exported from the United Kingdom to any destination in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas or the United Nations Protected Areas of the Republic of Croatia.
4.—(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State or the Treasury under this article, no person connected with the Bosnian Serb controlled areas shall carry on any economic activities in the United Kingdom. (2) For the purposes of this article:
5.—(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State under this article, no person mentioned in article 8 of this Order shall provide any services to any person or body for the purposes of any business carried on in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas. (2) For the purposes of this article "services" shall not include (a) telecommunications services; or (b) postal services.
6.—(1) Except with permission granted by or on behalf of the Treasury, no person mentioned in article 8 of this Order shall—
(2) This article applies to any action which is likely to make available to or for the benefit of any person connected with the Bosnian Serb controlled areas any funds or any other financial assets or resources, whether by their removal from the United Kingdom or otherwise, or otherwise to result in the remittance or transfer of funds or other such assets or resources to or for the benefit of any person connected with the Bosnian Serb controlled areas. (3) Any permission granted by or on behalf of the Treasury under this article may be granted either absolutely or subject to conditions and may be varied or revoked at any time by or on behalf of the Treasury. (4) In this article:
7. Nothing in this Order, in the Serbia and Montenegro (United Nations Sanctions) Order 1992[8] or the 1993 Order[9] shall prohibit any activities in connection with the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia or the European Community Monitoring Mission.
8.—(1) The provisions of articles 5 and 6 of this Order shall apply to any person within the United Kingdom and to any person elsewhere who:
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this article, any person who contravenes the provisions of article 4 (1) or any person specified in paragraph (1) of this article who contravenes the provisions of articles 5(1) or 6(1) of this Order shall be guilty of an offence under this Order. (3) In the case of proceedings for an offence in contravention of article 4(1) of this Order by a person or body acting on behalf of a body in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas or a body described in article 4(2)(b)(i) of this Order, it shall be a defence for the accused person to prove that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that he was so acting. (4) In the case of proceedings for an offence in contravention of article 5(1) of this Order, it shall be a defence for the accused person to prove that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the services in question were to be provided for the purposes of any business carried on in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas.
9. Any exporter or any shipper of goods which have been exported from the United Kingdom shall, if so required by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, furnish within such time as they may allow proof to their satisfaction that the goods have reached either—
10.—(1) If for the purposes of obtaining any licence or permission under this Order any person makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular or recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular he shall be guilty of an offence under this Order. (2) Any person who has done any act under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State or the Treasury or with permission granted by or on behalf of the Treasury under this Order and who fails to comply with any condition attaching to that licence or permission shall be guilty of an offence under this Order:
11.—(1) Any person who is about to leave the United Kingdom shall if he is required to do so by an officer of Customs and Excise—
(2) Any person who without reasonable excuse refuses to make a declaration, fails to produce any goods or refuses to allow himself to be searched in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this article shall be guilty of an offence under this Order. (3) Any person who under the provisions of this article makes a declaration which to his knowledge is false in a material particular or recklessly makes any declaration which is false in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.
12. The provisions of the Schedule to this Order shall have effect in order to facilitate the obtaining, by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise or the Treasury, of evidence and information for the purpose of securing compliance with or detecting evasion of this Order and in order to facilitate the obtaining, by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise or the Treasury, of evidence of the commission of an offence under this Order or, with respect to any of the matters regulated by this Order, of an offence relating to customs.
13.—(1) Any person guilty of an offence in contravention of article 5(1) or article 6(1) of this Order shall be liable:
(2) Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph 5(b) or (d) of the Schedule to this Order shall be liable:
(3) Any person guilty of an offence in contravention of article 4(1) or under article 10(1) or (2) or article 11(3) of this Order shall be liable:
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph 5(a) or (c) of the Schedule to this Order shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both. (5) Any person guilty of an offence under article 11(2) of this Order shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. (6) Where any body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Order, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (7) Notwithstanding anything in section 127(1) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1980[11], a summary offence under this Order may be tried by a magistrates' court in England and Wales if an information is laid at any time within 3 years after the commission of the offence and within 12 months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge. (8) Notwithstanding anything in section 331 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975[12], summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under this Order may be commenced at any time within 12 months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the Lord Advocate's opinion to justify the proceedings came to his knowledge; and sub-section (3) of that section applies for the purpose of this paragraph as it applies for the purpose of that section:
(9) Notwithstanding anything in article 19 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[13], summary proceedings for an offence under this Order in Northern Ireland may be instituted at any time within 3 years after the commission of the offence and within 12 months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge. (10) For the purposes of this article:
(11) Proceedings against any person for an offence under this Order may be taken before the appropriate court in the United Kingdom having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being. (12) In England and Wales, sub-section (2) of section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984[14] shall apply to the offences under this Order that are not arrestable offences by virtue of the term of imprisonment for which a person may be sentenced in respect of them, as if they were mentioned in that sub-section; and accordingly such offences shall be arrestable offences within the meaning of that Act. (13) In Northern Ireland, paragraph (2) of article 26 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989[15] shall apply to the offences under this Order that are not arrestable offences by virtue of the term of imprisonment for which a person may be sentenced in respect of them, as if they were mentioned in that paragraph; and accordingly such offences shall be arrestable offences within the meaning of that Order. (14) No proceedings for an offence under this Order, other than for a summary offence, shall be instituted in England, Wales or Northern Ireland except by the Secretary of State or with the consent of the Attorney General or, as the case may be, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland:
14.—(1) The Secretary of State or the Treasury may, to such extent and subject to such restrictions and conditions as he or they may think proper, delegate or authorise the delegation of any of his or their powers under this Order (other than the power to give authority under the Schedule to this Order to apply for a search warrant) to any person, or class or description of persons, approved by him or them, and references in this Order to the Secretary of State or to the Treasury shall be construed accordingly. (2) Any licence granted under this Order may be either general or special, may be subject to or without conditions, may be limited so as to expire on a specified date unless renewed and may be varied or revoked by the authority that granted it.
15.—(1) Article 7(1)(a) of the 1993 Order shall be amended by the replacement of the reference to article 4(5)(a) by a reference to article 4(7)(a). (2) Article 9(1)(a) of the 1993 Order shall be amended by the replacement of the reference to article 6(5)(a) by a reference to article 6(6)(a).
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