The Haiti (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2022

Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 1347

Overseas Territories

Sanctions

The Haiti (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2022

Made

14th December 2022

Laid before Parliament

20th December 2022

Coming into force

28th December 2022

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 2022

Present,

The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by a resolution adopted on 21st October 2022, called upon His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to apply certain measures to give effect to decisions of that Council in relation to Haiti(1):

His Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Him by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946(2) and section 63(3)(c) and (4) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018(3), is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to make the following Order:

(1)

The Security Council of the United Nations adopted resolution 2653 (2022) on 21st October 2022 (“resolution 2653”). Paragraph 3 of resolution 2653 requires States to take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories of all persons designated by the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 19 of resolution 2653 as being responsible for violence, criminal activities and human rights abuses which undermine the peace, stability and security of Haiti.

(3)

2018 c. 13. Amendments have been made by the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) and the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10).