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2001 No. 2558
UNITED NATIONS
The Afghanistan (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2001

	Made	18th July 2001
	Laid before Parliament	19th July 2001
	Coming into force	20th July 2001

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of July 2001
Present
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[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

     1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Afghanistan (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 20th July 2001.

    (2) In this Order, "the principal Order" means the Afghanistan (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2001[2].

    (3) This Order shall extend to the territories listed in Schedule 1 to the principal Order.

     2. The following words shall replace the text from "person connected with Usama" to "paragraph (a) above;" in Article 2(1) of the principal Order -

" "person connected with the Taliban" means -

"person connected with Usama bin Laden" means -

3. Article 8 of the principal Order shall be amended to read -

" Making funds available to the Taliban and associates

Any person who, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this article, makes any funds available to or for the benefit of the Taliban or any person connected with the Taliban is guilty of an offence under this Order."

4. Article 9(1) of the principal Order shall be amended to read -

" Freezing of funds on suspicion

- (1) Where the Governor has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person by, for or on behalf of whom any funds are held is or may be -

the Governor may by notice direct that those funds are not to be made available to that person, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under Article 7 or 8."

5. The provisions of the principal Order listed in the Schedule are amended as specified in that Schedule.

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULEArticle 5

(1)	(2)
Provision amended	Extent of Amendment
Article 23(b)	The word "of" before - (a) "an offence relating to customs" in sub-paragraph (i), and (b) "an offence under the law of the United Kingdom" in sub-paragraph (ii), shall be deleted.
Article 24(3)	The word "or" shall be inserted after "to both;".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made under the United Nations Act 1946, amends the Afghanistan (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2001 to enhance the financial sanctions regime imposed against the Taliban. It also makes minor textual amendments to that Order.

Notes:

[1] 1946 c. 45.back

[2] S.I. 2001/392.back

ISBN 0 11 029741 5

Prepared 26 July 2001

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