S.I. No. 410/2007 - Criminal Justice (Terrorist offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(2)) (Counter Terrorism) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2007

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(2)) (Counter Terrorism) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2007.

2. (1) In these Regulations—

“Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 1 , as amended by

(

a

) Annex II of Act of Accession 2004

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,

(

b

) the Commission Regulations cited or referred to in the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(2)) (Counter Terrorism) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations (No. 2) 2006 (

S.I. No. 433 of 2006

),

(

c

) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1461/2006 of 29 September 2006

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, and

(

d

) Council Regulation (EC) No. 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006

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,

as implemented by Council Decision No. 2006/379/EC of 29 May 2006

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and Council Decision No. 2006/1008/EC of 21 December 2006

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.

(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning that it has in the Council Regulation.

3. Every person shall comply with the Council Regulation.

4. A person shall not do anything to directly or indirectly circumvent the provisions of the Council Regulation or these Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 July 2007

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).

These Regulations provide for penalties for breach of financial sanctions against any persons, groups or entities listed in Council Decision No. 2006/379/EC of 29 May 2006 and Council Decision No. 2006/1008/EC of 21 December 2006 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 as amended by various Council and Commission Regulations.

1 OJ No. L344, 28.12.2001, p.70.

2 OJ No. L236, 23.9.2003, p.773.

3 OJ No. L272, 3.10.2006, p.11.

4 OJ No. L363, 20.12.2006, p1.

5 OJ No. L144, 31.05.2006, p.21.

6 OJ No. L379, 28.12.2006, p.123.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

10

th July

, 2007.

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

section 42

(2) of the

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005

(No. 2 of 2005), for the purpose of giving effect to certain acts that are adopted by the institutions of the European Communities, and being of the opinion that Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001

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, as amended, is for the purpose of, or will contribute to, combating terrorism through the adoption of specific restrictive measures, directed at persons, groups or entities, for the identification, detection, freezing or seizure of their assets of any kind, hereby make the following Regulations