The Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 7 U.K. Supplementary and final provision

Notices U.K.

31.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a notice required by regulation 16 (Treasury licences) to be given to a person.

(2) The notice may be given to an individual—

(a) by delivering it to the individual,

(b) by sending it to the individual by post addressed to the individual at his or her usual or last-known place of residence or business, or

(c) by leaving it for the individual at that place.

(3) The notice may be given to a person other than an individual—

(a) by sending it by post to the proper officer of the body at its principal office, or

(b) by addressing it to the proper officer of the body and leaving it at that office.

(4) The notice may be given to the person by other means, including by electronic means, with the person's consent.

(5) In this regulation, the reference in paragraph (3) to a “principal office”—

(a) in relation to a registered company, is to be read as a reference to the company's registered office;

(b) in relation to a body incorporated or constituted under the law of a country other than the United Kingdom, includes a reference to the body's principal office in the United Kingdom (if any).

(6) In this regulation—

• “proper officer”—

  (a)

  in relation to a body other than a partnership, means the secretary or other executive officer charged with the conduct of the body's general affairs, and

  (b)

  in relation to a partnership, means a partner or a person who has the control or management of the partnership business;

• “registered company” means a company registered under the enactments relating to companies for the time being in force in the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 31 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

Revocations U.K.

32.—(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 305/2006 of 21 February 2006, imposing specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri is revoked.

(2) The Lebanon and Syria (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2012 M1 are revoked.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 32 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2012/1517, as amended by the Wales Act 2014 (c.29), Part 1, section 4(4)(a); S.I. 2013/472; S.I. 2013/534; S.I. 2017/560; S.I. 2017/754; and S.I. 2018/682; it is also prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1149 and S.I. 2019/380.

Amendment to the United Nations and European Union Financial Sanctions (Linking) Regulations 2017 U.K.

33.  In the Schedule to the United Nations and European Union Financial Sanctions (Linking) Regulations 2017 M2 , omit the following row from the table—

“United Nations Security Council Resolution 1636 (2005)

Council Regulation (EC) No. 305/2006 of 21st February 2006 imposing specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.”

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 33 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

Marginal Citations

M2 S.I. 2017/478, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Transitional provision: Treasury licences U.K.

34.—(1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to a licence which—

(a) was granted by the Treasury under regulation 9 of the 2012 Regulations,

(b) was in effect immediately before the relevant date, and

(c) authorises conduct which would (on and after the relevant date, and in the absence of paragraphs (2) to (4)) be prohibited under Part 3 (Finance),

and such a licence is referred to in this regulation as “an existing financial sanctions licence”.

(2) An existing financial sanctions licence which authorises an act which would otherwise be prohibited has effect on and after the relevant date as if it had been issued by the Treasury under regulation 16(1) (Treasury licences).

(3) Any reference in an existing financial sanctions licence to the 2012 Regulations is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to these Regulations.

(4) Any reference in an existing financial sanctions licence to a prohibition in—

(a) the 2012 Regulations, or

(b) the EU Regulation,

is to be treated on and after the relevant date as a reference to the corresponding prohibition in Part 3.

(5) Paragraph (6) applies where—

(a) an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence, under the 2012 Regulations was made before the relevant date,

(b) the application is for the authorisation of conduct which would (on and after the relevant date) be prohibited under Part 3, and

(c) a decision to grant or refuse the application has not been made before that date.

(6) The application is to be treated on and after the relevant date as an application for a licence, or for the variation of a licence (as the case may be), under regulation 16(1).

(7) In this regulation—

“the 2012 Regulations” means the Lebanon and Syria (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2012;

“the relevant date” means—

(a)

where regulations under section 56 of the Act provide that Part 3 comes into force at a specified time on a day, that time on that day;

(b)

otherwise, the date on which Part 3 comes into force.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 34 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)