The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Liberia, Somalia and the Former Yugoslavia) Order 1993
UK Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1787 — creates 8 criminal offences.
- Made
- 20 July 1993
- In force from
- 22 July 1993
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- International sanctions, export control and trade restrictions
- Made under
- Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This Order, made under the United Nations Act 1946, imposes restrictions pursuantto decisions of the Security Council of the United Nations in Resolution No. 713 of25th September 1991 which provided for States to “implement a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment” to the former Yugoslavia, and in Resolution No. 733 of 23rd January 1992 and Resolution No. 788 of 19th November 1992, which made similar provision in relation to Somalia and Liberia, respectively.
Offences created by this instrument
- Deliveries and Supplies of certain goods to a prohibited destination article 3(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
- Customs powers to demand evidence of destination which goods reach article 5(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Customs powers to demand evidence of destination which goods reach article 5(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
- Declaration as to goods: powers of search article 6(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
- Declaration as to goods: powers of search article 6(3) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Carriage of certain goods destined for a prohibited destination article 7(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
- Investigation, etc. of suspected ships, aircraft and vehicles article 8(10) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Any person who— a without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails within the time and in the manner specified (or, if no… paragraph 5(1) of SCHEDULE · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
How Parliament handled it
Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.
Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1993