Southern Rhodesia (Petroleum) Order 1965
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1965/2140 |
| Year | 1965 |
1965 No. 2140
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
The Southern Rhodesia (Petroleum) Order 196517thDecember 1965
17thDecember 1965
18thDecember 1965
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of December 1965
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by the Southern Rhodesia Act 1965(a), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Restriction on supply of petroleum to Southern Rhodesia
1.—(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Minister, no person shall—
(a) supply or deliver or agree to supply or deliver to or to the order of a person in Southern Rhodesia any petroleum which is not in that country;
(b) supply or deliver or agree to supply or deliver such petroleum to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that it will be supplied or delivered to or to the order of a person in Southern Rhodesia; or
(c) do any act calculated to promote the supply or delivery of petroleum in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph.
(2) Any person who contravenes the foregoing provisions of this Article shall be guilty of an offence against this Order and, in the case of a person who—
(a) is a body incorporated under the law of the United Kingdom; or
(b) is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British protected person and is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom,
shall be guilty of such an offence wherever the contravention takes place.
Restriction on carriage of petroleum to Southern Rhodesia
2.—(1) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing Article, no British ship and no aircraft, being a ship or aircraft to which this Article applies, shall be used, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Minister, for the carriage of petroleum as cargo if the carriage is, or forms part of, carriage from any place outside Southern Rhodesia to any destination therein.
(a) 1965 c. 76.
(2) If any ship or aircraft is used in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this Article—
(a) the owner and the master of the ship; or
(b) the operator and the commander of the aircraft,
as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, unless he proves that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the carriage of the petroleum was, or formed part of, carriage from any place outside Southern Rhodesia to any place therein.
(3) This...
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