Extraterritorial US Legislation (Sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Libya) (Protection of Trading Interests) Order 1996
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1996 No. 3171
PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS
The Extraterritorial US Legislation (Sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Libya) (Protection of Trading Interests) Order 1996
Made 19th December 1996
Laid before Parliament 7th January 1997
Coming into force 28th January 1997
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1996
Present
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Extraterritorial US Legislation (Sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Libya) (Protection of Trading Interests) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 28th January 1997.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in Council Regulation (EC ) No. 2271/96 of 22nd November 1996 protecting against the effects of the extraterritorial application of legislation adopted by a third country and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom2(“the ECEC Counter-measures Regulation”) shall have the same meaning as in that Regulation.
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, any person referred to in Article 11 of the ECEC Counter-measures Regulation (that is to say —
(i)
(i) any natural person being a resident in the Community and a national of a member state, or
(ii)
(ii) any legal person incorporated within the Community, or
(iii)
(iii) any natural or legal person referred to in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4055/863, or
(iv)
(iv) any other natural person being a resident in the Community, unless that person is in the country of which he is a national, or
(v)
(v) any other natural person within the Community, including its territorial waters and air space and in any aircraft or on any vessel under the jurisdiction or control of a member state, acting in a professional capacity)
who commits a breach of Article 2 or the first paragraph of Article 5 of that Regulation, and any director, manager or other person with management responsibilities to whom the obligation in the first paragraph of Article 2 of that Regulation applies who commits a breach of that paragraph, shall be guilty of an offence and liable —
(a)
(a) on conviction on...
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