The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (Freezing of Funds and Economic Resources of Indictees) Regulations 2004 (revoked)
UK Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 2690 — creates 5 criminal offences.
- Made
- 18 October 2004
- In force from
- 19 October 2004
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- International sanctions, export control and trade restrictions
- Made under
- European Communities Act 1972
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations provide that breaches of certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1763/2004 of 11th October 2004 (“the EC Regulation”) are criminal offences. The provisions in question are— a Article 2(1) which provides for the freezing of funds and economic resources belonging to or owned or held by persons indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia as listed in Annex I to the EC Regulation; b Article 2(2) which prohibits the making available of funds or economic resources directly or indirectly to or for the benefit of those persons listed in Annex I to the EC Regulation; c Article 2(3) which prohibits the knowing and intentional participation in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the prohibitions in Article 2(1) and (2); and d Article 7(1) which requires all persons to provide immediately to the Treasury or the Bank of England and to the European Commission any information which would facilitate compliance with the EC Regulation. Regulation 3 makes it an offence to provide false information in connection with a request for an authorisation under Articles 3 and 4 of the EC Regulation. Regulation 4 and the Schedule make provision for information to be requested by or on behalf of the Treasury or the Bank of England for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the EC Regulation. Failure to provide such information, the provision of false information or the suppression of information is a criminal offence. Unauthorised disclosure of information acquired under the Schedule is also a criminal offence. Regulation 5 makes provision with respect to penalties and proceedings for offences under these Regulations. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as it has no impact on the costs of business.
Offences created by this instrument
- Any person who— a without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails within the time and in the manner specified (or, if no… paragraph 2 of SCHEDULE · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Any person who, without reasonable excuse, discloses information or a document in contravention of paragraph (1) is… paragraph 3(2) of SCHEDULE · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Breaches of the EC Regulation regulation 2(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Breaches of the EC Regulation regulation 2(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Requests for authorisations etc regulation 3 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
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- Other instruments from 2004