The Sanctions (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2019

Made: 13th February 2019

Laid before Parliament: 20th February 2019

Coming into force: 13th March 2019

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of February 2019Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946[^f00001], section 112 of the Saint Helena Act 1833[^f00002], the British Settlements Acts 1887 and 1945[^f00003], and all of the other powers enabling Her to do so, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Sanctions (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into force on 13th March 2019.

• (2) This Order extends to the territories listed in Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule, except for article 2 which extends to the territories listed in Part 1 of the Schedule.

Lebanon and Syria (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2006

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In Schedule 1 of the Lebanon and Syria (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2006[^f00004], omit “Bermuda”.

Lebanon (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2007

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In Schedule 1 of the Lebanon (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2007[^f00005], omit “Bermuda”.

Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011

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• (1) The Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011[^f00006] is amended as follows.

• (2) In paragraph (5) of article 30, after “In this article “relevant person””, insert “, in respect of a relevant institution,”.

• (3) In Schedule 1, omit “Bermuda”.

Sanctions (Overseas Territories) (Amendment of Information Provisions) Order 2018

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In article 8 of the Sanctions (Overseas Territories) (Amendment of Information Provisions) Order 2018[^f00007], paragraph (3) is omitted.

SCHEDULE — Territories to which this Order extends

PART 1

Anguilla

• Anguilla

• British Antarctic Territory

• British Indian Ocean Territory

• Cayman Islands

• Falkland Islands

• Montserrat

• Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

• St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus

• Turks and Caico Islands

• Virgin Islands

PART 2

• Bermuda

Signed

Richard Tilbrook — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Articles 2, 3 and 4(3) of this Order provide that the Lebanon and Syria (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/311), the Lebanon (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/283) and Part 1 of the Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1080) will no longer extend to Bermuda, given that they now have the force of law in Bermuda by virtue of the International Sanctions Regulations 2013 (BR 14/2013).

Article 5 of this Order amends the Sanctions (Overseas Territories) (Amendment of Information Provisions) Order 2018 ([S.I. 2018/1076](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1076)) to remove a defectively drafted provision in that Order, which cannot be effected. Article 4(2) of this Order amends the Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011 ([S.I. 2011/1080](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1080)) in lieu of that defective provision.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1946 c.45.

[^f00002]: 1833 c.85.

[^f00003]: 1887 c.54 and 1945 c.7.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2006/311, amended by S.I. 2009/888, 2012/362, 2018/1076.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2007/283, amended by S.I. 2007/2131, 2012/362.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2011/1080, amended by S.I. 2011/2717, 2012/356, 2013/3160, 2018/1076.

[^f00007]: S.I. 2018/1076.