S.I. No. 414/2005 - Financial Transfers (Usama Bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Prohibition) (Revocation) Order 2005

1. This Order may be cited as the Financial Transfers (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan (Prohibition) (Revocation) Order 2005.

2. The Financial Transfers (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Prohibition) Order 2005 (

S.I. No. 146 of 2005

) is revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, 25th July 2005.

BRIAN COWEN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Statutory Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Order revoked prohibits financial transfers between the State and another country in respect of all funds and economic resources belonging to the persons or entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban of Afghanistan and which are listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 561/2003 of 27 March 2003 and various Commission Regulations. Future Regulations prohibiting such financial transfers will be made under section 42 of the

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act, 2005

(No. 2 of 2005).

S.I. No. 414 of 2005

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FINANCIAL TRANSFERS (USAMA BIN LADEN, AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN OF AFGHANISTAN) (PROHIBITION) (REVOCATION) ORDER 2005.

I, BRIAN COWEN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 4

of the

Financial Transfers Act 1992

(No. 27 of 1992), hereby order as follows