The Export Control (Liberia) Order 2011 (revoked)
UK Statutory Instrument 2011 No. 145 — creates 4 criminal offences.
- Made
- 25 January 2011
- In force from
- 17 February 2011
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- International sanctions, export control and trade restrictions
- Made under
- European Communities Act 1972, Export Control Act 2002
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 concerns the EU sanctions against Liberia, recently revised by Council Regulation (EU) No 493/2010. It supplements Council Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 (“the Regulation”) as amended. Article 2 revokes the Export Control (Liberia) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2065) which previously performed that function. Article 3 creates offences for contravention of the provisions of the Regulation referred to there. Article 4 supplements the provisions of the Regulation that allow a competent authority to authorise activities that are otherwise prohibited. Article 4(1) makes it an offence knowingly or recklessly to provide false information for the purpose of obtaining an authorisation. Authorisations may be subject to requirements or conditions that continue even after the activity authorised has been carried out. Article 4(2) makes it an offence to fail to comply with such continuing requirements or conditions unless they were imposed after the activity was carried out or amended after that time in such a way as to give rise to non-compliance. Article 5 sets out the penalties relating to the offences in the Order. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs will enforce the provisions of the Order. Article 6 ensures that the same ancillary provisions as apply to their enforcement of customs and excise legislation apply in this context. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
Offences created by this instrument
- A person who contravenes any of the following provisions of the Regulation commits an offence— a Article 2(a)… article 3(1) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
- A person who contravenes Article 2(c) (prohibition on participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the… article 3(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- If, for the purpose of obtaining an EU authorisation, a person— a makes any statement or furnishes any document or… article 4(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- A person who, having acted under the authority of an EU authorisation, fails to comply with any of the requirements or… article 4(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
What Parliament said about it
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How Parliament handled it
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Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 2011