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10.—(1) The Governor may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, grant a licence authorising an activity that would otherwise be prohibited under article 4 or 7 to 9.
(2) A person is not guilty of an offence under article 4 or 7 to 9 in respect of anything done by the person under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor.
(3) A licence may, in particular, relate to—
(a)non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian, human rights monitoring or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU) or the European Union;
(b)materiel intended for European Union, UN and AU crisis management operations;
(c)non-combat vehicles which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective use in Sudan by personnel of the European Union and its Member States, or by UN and AU personnel;
(d)de-mining equipment and materiel for use in de-mining operations;
(e)protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Sudan by UN personnel, personnel of the European Union or its Member States, representatives of the media, humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only;
(f)payment of basic expenses of designated persons and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines, medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums and public utility charges;
(g)payment of reasonable professional fees and expenses associated with the provision of legal services;
(h)payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;
(i)payment of necessary extraordinary expenses;
(j)satisfaction of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien or judgment established before the designated person was so designated and not for the benefit of a designated person.
(4) A licence must specify the acts authorised by it and may be—
(a)general or granted to a category of persons or to a particular person,
(b)subject to conditions, and
(c)of indefinite duration or subject to an expiry date.
(5) The Governor may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, vary or revoke a licence at any time.
(6) On the grant, variation or revocation of a licence, the Governor must—
(a)in the case of a licence granted to a particular person, give written notice of the grant, variation or revocation to that person, and
(b)in the case of a general licence or a licence granted to a category of persons, take such steps as the Governor considers appropriate to publicise the grant, variation or revocation of the licence.
(7) Any notice to be given to a person by the Governor under paragraph (6) may be given—
(a)by posting it to the person’s last known address, or
(b)where the person is a body corporate, partnership or unincorporated body other than a partnership, by posting it to the registered or principal office in the Territory of the body or partnership.
(8) Where the Governor does not have an address in the Territory for the person, the Governor must make arrangements for the notice to be given to the person at the first available opportunity.
(9) Failing to comply with any condition in the licence is acting in a way that is not authorised by the licence unless—
(a)the licence was modified after the completion of the act authorised by the licence, and
(b)the alleged failure to comply with a condition in the licence would not have been a failure if the licence had not been so modified.
(10) It is an offence for a person to knowingly or recklessly make any statement or give any document or information which is false in a material particular for the purpose of obtaining a licence.
(11) A licence granted in connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information given is void from the time it was granted.
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