S.I. No. 224 of 2006

REGULATIONS

entitled

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42 (6)) (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2006

I, Brian Cowen, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 42 (6) 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. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002¹ , 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:

1.   These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(6)) (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2006.

2.   (1)  In these Regulations -

-�Central Bank-� means Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland;

-�Council Regulation-� means Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002¹ , as amended by:

(i)            Council Regulation (EC) No. 561/2003 of 27 March 2003² ,

(ii)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 951/2002 of 3 June 2002³ ,

(iii)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1580/2002 of 4 September 2002⁴ ,

(iv)           Commission Regulation (EC) No.1644/2002 of 13 September 2002⁵ ,

(v)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1754/2002 of 1 October 2002⁶ ,

(vi)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1823/2002 of 11 October 2002⁷ ,

(vii)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2002 of 23 October 2002⁸ ,

(viii)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2002 of 29 October 2002⁹ ,

(ix)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2083/2002 of 22 November 2002¹⁰ ,

(x)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 145/2003 of 27 January 2003¹¹ ,

(xi)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 215/2003 of 3 February 2003¹² ,

(xii)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 244/2003 of 7 February 2003¹³ ,

(xiii)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 342/2003 of 21 February 2003¹⁴ ,

(xiv)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 350/2003 of 25 February 2003¹⁵ ,

(xv)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 370/2003 of 27 February 2003¹⁶ ,

(xvi)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 414/2003 of 5 March 2003¹⁷ ,

(xvii)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 742/2003 of 28 April 2003¹⁸ ,

(xviii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 866/2003 of 19 May 2003¹⁹ ,

(xix)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1012/2003 of 12 June 2003²⁰ ,

(xx)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1184/2003 of 2 July 2003²¹ ,

(xxi)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1456/2003 of 14 August 2003²² ,

(xxii)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1607/2003 of 12 September 2003²³ ,

(xxiii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1724/2003 of 29 September 2003²⁴ ,

(xxiv)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1991/2003 of 12 November 2003²⁵ ,

(xxv)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2049/2003 of 20 November 2003²⁶ ,

(xxvi)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2003 of 10 December 2003²⁷ ,

(xxvii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 19/2004 of 7 January 2004²⁸ ,

(xxviii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 100/2004 of 21 January 2004²⁹ ,

(xxix)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 180/2004 of 30 January 2004³⁰ ,

(xxx)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 391/2004 of 1 March 2004³¹ ,

(xxxi)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 524/2004 of 19 March 2004³² ,

(xxxii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 667/2004 of 7 April 2004³³ ,

(xxxiii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 950/2004 of 6 May 2004³⁴ ,

(xxxiv)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 984/2004 of 14 May 2004³⁵ ,

(xxxv)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1187/2004 of 25 June 2004³⁶ ,

(xxxvi)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1237/2004 of 5 July 2004³⁷ ,

(xxxvii)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1277/2004 of 12 July 2004³⁸ and corrigendum³⁹ ;

(xxxviii)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1728/2004 of 1 October 2004⁴⁰ ,

(xxxix)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1840/2004 of 21 October 2004⁴¹ ,

(xl)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2034/2004 of 26 November 2004⁴² ,

(xli)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2145/2004 of 15 December 2004⁴³ ,

(xlii)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 14/2005 of 5 January 2005⁴⁴ ,

(xliii)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 187/2005 of 2 February 2005⁴⁵ ,

(xliv)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 301/2005 of 23 February 2005⁴⁶ ,

(xlv)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 717/2005 of 11 May 2005⁴⁷ ,

(xlvi)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 757/2005 of 18 May 2005⁴⁸

(xlvii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 853/2005 of 3 June 2005⁴⁹

(xlviii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1190/2005 of 20 July 2005⁵⁰

(xlix)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1264/2005 of 28 July 2005⁵¹

(l)            Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1278/2005 of 2 August 2005⁵²

(li)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1347/2005 of 16 August 2005⁵³

(lii)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1378/2005 of 22 August 2005⁵⁴

(liii)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1551/2005 of 22 September 2005⁵⁵

(liv)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1629/2005 of 5 October 2005⁵⁶

(lv)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1690/2005 of 14 October 2005⁵⁷

(lvi)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1797/2005 of 28 October 2005⁵⁸

(lvii)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2005 of 9 November 2005⁵⁹

(lviii)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1956/2005 of 29 November 2005⁶⁰

(lix)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2018/2005 of 9 December 2005⁶¹

(lx)           Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2100/2005 of 20 December 2005⁶²

(lxi)          Commission Regulation (EC) No. 76/2006 of 17 January 2006⁶³ and corrigendum⁶⁴

(lxii)         Commission Regulation (EC) No. 142/2006 of 26 January 2006⁶⁵

(lxiii)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 246/2006 of 10 February 2006⁶⁶ and

(lxiv)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 357/2006 of 28 February 2006⁶⁷

-�persons-� includes a natural or legal person, group, entity or body;

(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)  In these Regulations, unless otherwise indicated, a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation in these Regulations.

3.     The Central Bank may, for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of these Regulations and the Council Regulation, give such directions or issue such instructions to a person as it sees fit.

4.     A person to whom a direction is given or an instruction is issued under Regulation 3 shall comply with such direction or instruction.

5. The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42(6)) (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Financial Sanctions) Regulations (No.2) 2005 ( S.I. No. 823 of 2005 ) is revoked.

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 certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban of Afghanistan imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 561/2003 of 27 March 2003 and the Commission Regulations referred to in this Regulation.

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