Southern Rhodesia (Prohibited Trade and Dealings) Order 1966
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1966/1595 |
1966 No. 1595
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
The Southern Rhodesia (Prohibited Trade and Dealings) Order 196621stDecember 1966
22ndDecember 1966
23rdDecember 1966
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December 1966
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2 of 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:—
Importation of certain goods into the United Kingdom
1.—(1) All goods to which this Article applies that are exported from Southern Rhodesia after the commencement of this Order are prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom.
(2) This Article shall have effect for the purposes of the Customs and Excise Act 1952(b) as an enactment relating to customs and as an enactment with respect to the importation of goods, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly.
(3) The goods to which this Article applies are the goods specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall be construed so as to prejudice any other provision of law prohibiting or restricting the importation of goods into the United Kingdom.
Exportation of certain goods from Southern Rhodesia
2.—(1) No person shall export from Southern Rhodesia any goods to which Article 1 of this Order applies.
(2) No person shall—
(a) make or carry out any contract for the exportation from Southern Rhodesia after the commencement of this Order of any goods to which Article 1 of this Order applies; or
(b) make or carry out any contract for the sale of any such goods which he intends or has reason to believe that another person intends to export from Southern Rhodesia after the commencement of this Order; or
(c) do any act calculated to promote the exportation from Southern Rhodesia of any such goods.
(a) 1965 c. 76.
(b) 1952 c. 44.
(3) No person shall deal in any goods to which Article 1 of this Order applies that have been exported from Southern Rhodesia in contravention of paragraph (1) of this Article, that is to say, shall, by way of trade or otherwise for gain, acquire or dispose of such goods or of any property or interest in them or any right to or charge upon them or process them or do any act calculated to promote any such acquisition, disposal or processing by himself or any other person.
(4) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Order—
(a) any such contract as is referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of this Article, whether made before or after the commencement of this Order; and
(b) any transfer made, after the commencement of this Order and in pursuance of any such contract, of any property or interest in or any right to or charge upon any goods to which Article 1 of this Order applies
shall be absolutely void:
Provided that no money paid after the commencement of this Order in pursuance of any such contract shall be recoverable in any court of law.
(5) No person shall carry out any of the following transactions, that is to say:—
(a) make any payment to or for the credit of a person resident in Southern Rhodesia; or
(b) make any payment to or for the credit of a person resident outside Southern Rhodesia by order of or on behalf of a person resident in Southern Rhodesia; or
(c) place any sum to the credit of a person resident in Southern Rhodesia; or
(d) make any payment to or for the credit of a person resident outside Southern Rhodesia as consideration for or in association with—
(i) the receipt by any person of a payment made in Southern Rhodesia or the acquisition by any person of any property or thing which is in Southern Rhodesia; or
(ii) the transfer to any person, or the creation in favour of any person, of a right (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) to receive a payment in Southern Rhodesia or to acquire any property or thing which is in Southern Rhodesia,
if that transaction is carried out for the purposes of any act that is forbidden by any of the provisions of this Article.
(6) 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 citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British subject without citizenship or a British protected person and is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom; or
(b) is a citizen of Southern Rhodesia; or
(c) is a body incorporated or constituted under the law of the United Kingdom or the law of Southern Rhodesia,
shall be guilty of such an offence wherever the contravention takes place.
(7) Nothing in this Article shall be construed so as to prejudice any other provision of law prohibiting or restricting the exportation of goods from Southern Rhodesia or acts incidental or related thereto or prohibiting or restricting payments to or for the credit of or connected with persons resident in Southern Rhodesia.
Exportation of certain goods from the United Kingdom
3.—(1) All goods to which this Article applies are prohibited to be exported to Southern Rhodesia.
(2) This Article shall have effect for the purposes of the Customs and Excise Act 1952 as an enactment relating to customs and as an enactment with respect to the exportation of goods, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly.
(3) The goods to which this Article applies are the goods specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall be construed so as to prejudice any other provision of law prohibiting or restricting the exportation of goods from the United Kingdom.
Supply of certain goods to Southern Rhodesia
4.—(1) No person shall—
(a) supply or deliver or agree to supply or deliver to or to the order of any person in Southern Rhodesia any goods to which this Article applies that are not in that country;
(b) supply or deliver or agree to supply or deliver any such goods to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that they 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 any such goods 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 citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British subject without citizenship or a British protected person and is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom; or
(b) is a citizen of Southern Rhodesia; or
(c) is a body incorporated or constituted under the law of the United Kingdom or the law of Southern Rhodesia
shall be guilty of an offence wherever the contravention takes place.
(3) The goods to which this Article applies are the goods specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Importation of certain goods into Southern Rhodesia
5.—(1) No person shall import into Southern Rhodesia any goods to which this Article applies.
(2) No citizen of Southern Rhodesia or person in Southern Rhodesia shall—
(a) accept delivery outside Southern Rhodesia of any such goods which he intends to import or has reason to believe that another person intends to import into Southern Rhodesia; or
(b) make or carry out any contract providing for such importation or delivery.
(3) Any person who contravenes the foregoing provisions of this Article shall be guilty of an offence against this Order.
(4) The goods to which this Article applies are the goods specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Manufacture or assembly in Southern Rhodesia of aircraft or motor vehicles
6.—(1) No person shall—
(a) operate or use any undertaking in Southern Rhodesia, whether established before of after the commencement of this Order, as an undertaking to which this Article applies; or
(b) authorise any undertaking in Southern Rhodesia to be operated or used by any other person as an undertaking to which this Article applies or give his consent to or connive in or by his neglect contribute to such operation or use.
(2) No person shall—
(a) establish in Southern Rhodesia any undertaking to which this Article applies; or
(b) convert any undertaking in Southern Rhodesia into an undertaking to which this Article applies; or
(c) dispose (whether absolutely or for any lesser interest) of any undertaking in Southern Rhodesia to any other person if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that that other person intends to use it as an undertaking to which this Article applies; or
(d) acquire (whether absolutely or for any lesser interest) any undertaking in Southern Rhodesia with the intention of using it as an undertaking to which this Article applies; or
(e) except with the consent of the Secretary of State, dispose (whether absolutely or for any lesser interest) of any property or assets of or forming part of any undertaking in Southern Rhodesia to which this Article applies to any other person otherwise than in the ordinary course of the business of that undertaking or acquire any such property or assets disposed of as aforesaid.
(3) No person shall—
(a) make or carry out any contract for any of the following transactions, that is to say:—
(i) the use or operation of any undertaking or the authorisation of, or the giving of consent to, the use or operation of any undertaking; or
(ii) the establishment, conversion, disposal or acquisition of any undertaking; or
(iii) the disposal or acquisition of the property or assets of or forming part of any undertaking,
if that transaction would be in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this Article; or
(b) do any other act calculated to promote any such transaction.
(4) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Order—
(a) any such contract as is referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) of this Article, whether made before or after the commencement of this Order; and
(b) any transfer...
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