S.I. No. 169 of 2009

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (RESTRICTIVE MEASURES AGAINST CERTAIN PERSONS AND ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH USAMA BIN LADEN, THE AL-QAIDA NETWORK AND THE TALIBAN) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 8th May, 2009.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 1 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Restrictive Measures against Certain Persons and Entities Associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

2. In these Regulations-

"Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Restrictive Measures against Certain Persons and Entities Associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 186 of 2006 );

"Regulations of 2007" means the European Communities (Restrictive Measures against Certain Persons and Entities Associated with Usama Bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 729 of 2007).

3. Regulation 2 (as amended by the Regulations of 2007) of the Principal Regulations is amended-

(a) by substituting "'Council Regulation' means" for "Council Regulation means",

(b) in paragraph (1xxxiv) by substituting "," for "and",

(c) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (1xxxv):

"(1xxxv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1104/2007 of 25 September 2007 88 ,", and

(d) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (lxxxv):

"(1xxxvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1239/2007 of 23 October 2007 89 ,

(1xxxvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1291/2007 of 31 October 2007 90 ,

(1xxxviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1389/2007 of 26 November 2007 91 ,

(1xxxix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 46/2008 of 18 January 2008 92 ,

(xc) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 59/2008 of 24 January 2008 93 ,

(xci) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 198/2008 of 3 March 2008 94 ,

(xcii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 220/2008 of 11 March 2008 95 ,

(xciii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 374/2008 of 24 April 2008 96 ,

(xciv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 400/2008 of 5 May 2008 97 ,

(xcv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 580/2008 of 18 June 2008 98 ,

(xcvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 678/2008 of 16 July 2008 99 ,

(xcvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 803/2008 of 8 August 2008 100 ,

(xcviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 974/2008 of 2 October 2008 101 ,

(xcix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1109/2008 of 6 November 2008 102 ,

(c) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1190/2008 of 28 November 2008 103 ,

(ci) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1314/2008 of 19 December 2008 104 ,

(cii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1330/2008 of 22 December 2008 105 ,

(ciii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 184/2009 of 6 March 2009 106 , and

(civ) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 265/2009 of 31 March 2009 107 .".

4. Regulation 3 (as amended by Regulations of 2007) of the Principal Regulations is amended-

(a) by inserting "of the Council Regulation" after "Article 3" in each place where it occurs, and

(b) by inserting "of the Council Regulation" after "Article 4".

5. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting "Summary proceedings for an offence under these Regulations may be brought and prosecuted" for "An offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 May 2009

MARY COUGHLAN.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to amend the Statutory Instrument that provided for penalties for infringements of Council Regulation (EC) No. 881 of 2002 which introduced measures against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban.

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