The Overseas Territories (Zimbabwe) (Restrictive Measures) Order 2002

INTRODUCTORY

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Overseas Territories (Zimbabwe) (Restrictive Measures) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 19th April 2002.

(2) (a) This Order shall extend to the territories listed in Schedule 1.

(b) Article 19 of this Order shall apply to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia as set out in Schedule 2.

(c) In the application of this Order to any of the said territories the expression “the Territory” in this Order means that territory.

(3) Articles 7, 8 and 9 of this Order shall apply to any person within the Territory and to any person elsewhere:

(a) who is a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject, a British National (Overseas), or a British protected person and ordinarily resident in the Territory; or

(b) who is a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the Territory.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order, the following expressions have, except where otherwise expressly provided, the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—

• “commander”, in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the flight crew designated as commander of the aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of the aircraft;

• “document” includes information recorded in any form, and in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include references to producing a copy of the information in legible form;

• “export” includes shipment as stores;

• “exportation” in relation to any vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft, includes the taking out of the Territory of the vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft notwithstanding that it is conveying goods or passengers and whether or not it is moving under its own power; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “funds, financial assets or economic resources” means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, however acquired, and legal documents or instruments in any form, including electronic or digital, evidencing title to, or interest in, such assets, including, but not limited to, bank credits, travellers' cheques, bank cheques, money orders, shares, securities, bonds, drafts and letters of credit;

• “Governor” means the Governor or other officer administering the government of the Territory;

• “master”, in relation to a ship, includes any person (other than a pilot) for the time being in charge of the ship;

• “operator” in relation to an aircraft or vehicle, means the person for the time being having the management of the aircraft or the vehicle;

• “owner”, in relation to a ship, where the owner of a ship is not the operator, means the operator and any person to whom it is chartered;

• “relevant institution” means—

  (a)

  the person or body responsible for carrying out in the Territory the functions of a monetary authority;

  (b)

  any person who may lawfully accept deposits in or from within the Territory by way of business; and

  (c)

  any society established lawfully in the Territory whose principal purpose is the making of loans secured on residential property where such loans are funded substantially by its members;

• “restricted goods” means the goods specified in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994(1) made under the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939(2) and equipment that might be used for internal repression as listed in Schedule 3 to this Order;

• “ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation;

• “shipment” includes loading into an aircraft;

• “stores” means goods for use in a vessel or aircraft and includes fuel and spare parts and other articles of equipment, whether or not for immediate fitting, but excludes any goods for use in a vessel or aircraft as merchandise for sale by retail to persons carried therein;

• “Supreme Court” means the Court of the Territory having unlimited jurisdiction in civil proceedings;

• “vehicle” means land transport vehicle.

(2) For the purpose of the definition of “relevant institution” in paragraph (1) of this article—

(a) the activity of accepting deposits has the meaning given in any relevant order made under section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(3); and

(b) a person is not regarded as accepting deposits by way of business if—

(i) he does not hold himself out as accepting deposits on a day to day basis, and

(ii) any deposits which he accepts are accepted only on particular occasions, whether or not involving the issue of any securities.

(3) In determining for the purposes of paragraph 2(b)(ii) of this article whether deposits are accepted only on particular occasions, regard is to be had to the frequency of those occasions and to any characteristics distinguishing them from each other.

RESTRICTED GOODS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

Supply of restricted goods

3.—(1) Any person who, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this article or article 4,

(a) supplies or delivers,

(b) agrees to supply or deliver, or

(c) does any act calculated to promote the supply or delivery of,

restricted goods to any person or place in Zimbabwe from the Territory shall be guilty of an offence under this Order unless he proves that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the goods in question were to be supplied or delivered to a person or place in Zimbabwe.

(2) Any British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, British subject, British National (Overseas), British protected person, or body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the Territory who in any place outside the Territory, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this article or article 4,

(a) supplies or delivers,

(b) agrees to supply or deliver, or

(c) does any act calculated to promote the supply or delivery of,

restricted goods to any person or place in Zimbabwe shall be guilty of an offence under this Order unless he proves that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the goods in question were to be supplied or delivered to a person or place in Zimbabwe.

Exportation of restricted goods to Zimbabwe

4.  Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this article, restricted goods are prohibited to be exported from the Territory to any person or place in Zimbabwe or to any person or place for the purpose of delivery, directly or indirectly, to or to the order of any person or place in Zimbabwe.

Provision of certain technical assistance or training

5.—(1) Any person, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this article, who from the Territory directly or indirectly provides to a person or place in Zimbabwe any technical assistance or training related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of any restricted goods shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

(2) Any British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, British subject, British National (Overseas), British protected person, or body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the Territory who in any place outside the Territory directly or indirectly provides to a person or place in Zimbabwe any technical assistance or training related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of any restricted goods shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

Use of ships, aircraft and vehicles: restricted goods, technical assistance and training

6.—(1) Without prejudice to the generality of articles 3 and 4, no ship or aircraft to which this article applies, and no vehicle within the Territory, shall be used for the carriage of restricted goods if the carriage is, or forms part of, carriage of those goods to a person listed in Schedule 4 to this Order.

(2) This article applies to ships registered in the Territory, to aircraft so registered and to any other ship or aircraft that is for the time being chartered to any person who is-—

(a) a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject, a British National (Overseas), or a British protected person and is ordinarily resident in the Territory; or

(b) a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the Territory.

(3) If any ship, aircraft or vehicle is used in contravention of paragraph (1) of this article then—

(a) in the case of a ship registered in the Territory or any aircraft so registered, the owner and the master of the ship or, as the case may be, the operator and the commander of the aircraft; or

(b) in the case of any other ship or aircraft, the person to whom the ship or aircraft is for the time being chartered and, if he is such a person as is referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of this article, the master of the ship or, as the case may be, the operator and the commander of the aircraft; or

(c) in the case of a vehicle, the operator of the vehicle,

shall be guilty of an offence under this Order, unless he proves that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the carriage of the goods in question was, or formed part of, carriage to a person or place in Zimbabwe.

(4) Nothing in this article shall be construed so as to prejudice any other provision of law prohibiting or restricting the use of ships, aircraft or vehicles.

FUNDS, FINANCIAL ASSETS OR ECONOMIC RESOURCES

Making funds, financial assets or economic resources available to any person listed in Schedule 4

7.  Any person who, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this article, makes any funds, financial assets or economic resources available to or for the benefit of any person listed in Schedule 4 to this Order shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

Freezing of funds, financial assets or economic resources

8.—(1) Where the Governor has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person by, for or on behalf of whom any funds, financial assets or economic resources are held is or may be a person listed in Schedule 4 to this Order, the Governor may by notice direct that those funds, financial assets or economic resources are not to be made available to any person, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under article 7.

(2) A direction given under paragraph (1) shall specify either—

(a) the period for which it is to have effect; or

(b) that the direction is to have effect until it is revoked by notice under paragraph (3).

(3) The Governor may by notice revoke a direction given under paragraph (1) at any time.

(4) The expiry or revocation of a direction shall not affect the application of article 7 in respect of the funds, financial assets or economic resources in question.

(5) A notice under paragraph (1) or (3) shall be given in writing to the person holding the funds, financial assets or economic resources in question (“the recipient”), and shall require the recipient to send a copy of the notice without delay to the person whose funds, financial assets or economic resources they are, or on whose behalf they are, held (“the owner”).

(6) A recipient shall be treated as complying with that requirement if, without delay, he sends a copy of the notice to the owner at his last-known address or, if he does not have an address for the owner, he makes arrangements for a copy of the notice to be supplied to the owner at the first available opportunity.

(7) Where a direction has been given under paragraph (1), any person by, for or on behalf of whom those funds, financial assets or economic resources are held may apply to the Supreme Court for the direction to be set aside; and on such application the court may set aside the direction.

(8) A person who makes an application under paragraph (7) shall give a copy of the application and any witness statement or affidavit in support to the Governor (and to any other person by, for or on behalf of whom those funds, financial assets or economic resources are held), not later than seven days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application.

(9) Any person who contravenes a direction under paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence under this Order.

(10) A recipient who fails to comply with such a requirement as is mentioned in paragraph (5) is guilty of an offence under this Order.

Facilitation of activities prohibited under article 7 or 8(9)

9.  Any person who knowingly and intentionally engages in any activities the object or effect of which is to enable or facilitate the commission (by that person or another) of an offence under article 7 or 8(9) is guilty of an offence under this Order.

Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of measures

10.—(1) A relevant institution is guilty of an offence if:

(a) it knows or suspects that a person who is, or has been at any time since the coming into force of this Order, a customer of the institution, or is a person with whom the institution has had dealings in the course of its business since that time:

(i) is a person listed in Schedule 4 to this Order; or

(ii) has committed an offence under article 7, 8(9) or 12(2); and

(b) it does not disclose to the Governor the information or other matter on which the knowledge or suspicion is based as soon as is reasonably practicable after that information or other matter comes to its attention.

(2) Where a relevant institution discloses to the Governor:

(a) its knowledge or suspicion that a person is a person listed in Schedule 4 to this Order or a person who has committed an offence under article 7, 8(9) or 12(2), or

(b) any information or other matter on which that knowledge or suspicion is based,

the disclosure shall not be treated as a breach of any restriction imposed by statute or otherwise.

GENERAL

Customs powers to demand evidence of destination which goods reach

11.  Any exporter or any shipper of goods which have been exported from the Territory shall, if so required by the Governor, furnish within such time as the Governor may allow proof to the Governor’s satisfaction that the goods have reached a destination to which their exportation was not prohibited by this Order, and, if he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Order unless he proves that he did not consent to or connive at the goods reaching any destination other than such a destination as aforesaid.

Offences in connection with applications for licences, conditions attaching to licences, etc.

12.—(1) If for the purposes of obtaining any licence under this Order any person makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Order, and any licence granted in connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information was furnished shall be void as from the time it was granted.

(2) Any person who has done any act under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this Order and who fails to comply with any conditions attaching to that licence shall be guilty of an offence under this Order:

Provided that no person shall be guilty of an offence under this paragraph where he proves that the condition with which he failed to comply was modified, otherwise than with his consent, by the Governor after the doing of the act authorised by the licence.

Declaration as to goods: powers of search

13.—(1) Any person who is about to leave the Territory shall, if he is required to do so by any authorised person:

(a) declare whether or not he has with him any restricted goods which are destined for a person or place in Zimbabwe or for delivery, directly or indirectly, to or to the order of any person or place in Zimbabwe; and

(b) produce any such goods as aforesaid which he has with him.

Any authorised person, and any person acting under his direction, may search that person for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has with him any such goods as aforesaid, provided that no person shall be searched in pursuance of this paragraph except by a person of the same sex.

(2) Any person who without reasonable excuse refuses to make a declaration, or fails to produce any goods or refuses to allow himself to be searched in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this article, shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

(3) Any person who under the provisions of this article makes a declaration which to his knowledge is false in a material particular or recklessly makes any declaration which is false in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

(4) In this article, “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Governor for the purpose of this article either generally or in a particular case.

Investigation, etc. of suspected ships

14.—(1) Where any authorised officer has reason to suspect that any ship to which article 6 applies has been or is being or is about to be used in contravention of paragraph (1) of that article:

(a) he may (either alone or accompanied and assisted by persons under his authority) board the ship and search her and, for that purpose, may use or authorise the use of reasonable force;

(b) he may request the master of the ship to furnish such information relating to the ship and her cargo and produce for his inspection such documents so relating and such cargo as he may specify; and

(c) in the case of a ship that is reasonably suspected of being or of being about to be used in contravention of paragraph (1) of article 6, any authorised officer (either there and then or upon consideration of any information furnished or document or cargo produced in pursuance of a request made under sub-paragraph (b) above), with a view to preventing the commission (or the continued commission) of any such contravention, or in order that enquiries into the matter may be pursued, may take the further action specified in paragraph (2) below.

(2) The further action referred to in paragraph (1)(c) of this article is either:

(a) to direct the master of the ship to refrain, except with the consent of any authorised officer, from landing at any port specified by the officer any part of the ship’s cargo that is so specified; or

(b) to request the master of the ship to take any one or more of the following steps:

(i) to cause the ship not to proceed with the voyage on which she is then engaged or about to engage until the master is notified by an authorised officer that the ship may so proceed;

(ii) if the ship is then in port in the Territory, to cause her to remain there until the master is notified by an authorised officer that the ship may depart;

(iii) if the ship is then in any other place, to take her to any such port specified by the officer and to cause her to remain there until the master is notified as mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) above; and

(iv) to take her to any other destination that may be specified by the officer in agreement with the master.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of article 17(3), where:

(a) a master refuses or fails to comply with a request made under paragraph (2)(b) of this article, or

(b) an authorised officer otherwise has reason to suspect that a request that has been so made may not be complied with,

any such officer may take such steps as appear to him to be necessary to secure compliance with that request and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may for that purpose enter upon, or authorise entry upon, that ship and use, or authorise the use of, reasonable force.

(4) In this article “authorised officer” means:

(a) any commissioned naval or military officer;

(b) any British consular officer;

(c) any person authorised by the Governor for the purpose of this article either generally or in a particular case.

Investigation, etc. of suspected aircraft

15.—(1) Where any authorised person has reason to suspect that any aircraft to which article 6 applies has been or is being or is about to be used in contravention of paragraph (1) of that article:

(a) he may request the charterer, the operator and the commander of the aircraft or any of them to furnish such information relating to the aircraft and its cargo and produce for his inspection such documents so relating and such cargo as he may specify;

(b) he may (either alone or accompanied and assisted by persons under his authority) board the aircraft and search it and, for that purpose, may use or authorise the use of reasonable force; and

(c) if the aircraft is then in the Territory any authorised person may (either there and then or upon consideration of any information furnished or document or cargo produced in pursuance of a request made under sub-paragraph (a) above) further request the charterer, operator and the commander or any of them to cause the aircraft and any of its cargo to remain in the Territory until notified that the aircraft and its cargo may depart.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of article 17(3), where any authorised person has reason to suspect that any request that has been made under paragraph (1)(c) of this article may not be complied with, he may take such steps as appear to him to be necessary to secure compliance with that request and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may for that purpose:

(a) enter, or authorise entry, upon any land and upon that aircraft;

(b) detain, or authorise the detention of, that aircraft and any of its cargo; and

(c) use, or authorise the use of, reasonable force.

(3) Before or on exercising any power conferred by this article, an authorised person shall, if requested to do so, produce evidence of his authority.

(4) In this article, “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Governor for the purpose of this article either generally or in a particular case.

Investigation, etc. of suspected vehicles

16.—(1) Where any authorised person has reason to suspect that any vehicle in the Territory has been or is being or is about to be used in contravention of article 6:

(a) he may request the operator and the driver of the vehicle or either of them to furnish such information relating to the vehicle and any goods contained in it and produce for his inspection such documents so relating and such goods as he may specify;

(b) he may (either alone or accompanied and assisted by persons under his authority) enter the vehicle and search it and, for that purpose, may use or authorise the use of reasonable force; and

(c) any authorised person may (either there and then or upon consideration of any information furnished or document or goods produced in pursuance of a request made under sub-paragraph (a) above) further request the operator or the driver to cause the vehicle and any goods contained in it to remain in the Territory until notified that the vehicle may depart.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of article 17(3), where any authorised person has reason to suspect that any request that has been made under paragraph (1)(c) of this article may not be complied with, he may take such steps as appear to him to be necessary to secure compliance with that request and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may for that purpose:

(a) enter, or authorise entry, upon any land and enter, or authorise entry of, that vehicle;

(b) detain, or authorise the detention of, that vehicle and any goods contained in it; and

(c) use, or authorise the use of, reasonable force.

(3) Before or on exercising any power conferred by this article, an authorised person shall, if requested to do so, produce evidence of his authority.

(4) In this article, “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Governor for the purpose of this article either generally or in a particular case.

Provisions supplementary to articles 14 to 16

17.—(1) No information furnished or document produced by any person in pursuance of a request made under article 14, 15 or 16 shall be disclosed except:

(a) with the consent of the person by whom the information was furnished or the document was produced, provided that a person who has obtained information or is in possession of a document only in his capacity as servant or agent of another person may not give consent for the purposes of this sub-paragraph but such consent may instead be given by any person who is entitled to that information or the possession of that document in his own right;

(b) to any person who would have been empowered under article 14, 15 or 16 to request that it be furnished or produced to any person holding or acting in any office under or in the service of:

(i) the Crown in respect of the Government of the United Kingdom;

(ii) the Government of the Isle of Man;

(iii) the States of Guernsey or Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark;

(iv) the States of Jersey; or

(v) the Government of any territory to which this Order extends; or

(c) with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any proceedings:

(i) in the Territory, for an offence under this Order or, with respect to any of the matters regulated by this Order, for an offence under any enactment relating to customs; or

(ii) for any offence under any law making provision with respect to such matters that is in force in the United Kingdom, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any territory to which this Order extends.

(2) Any power conferred by article 14, 15 or 16 to request the furnishing of information or the production of a document or of cargo for inspection shall include a power to specify whether information should be furnished orally or in writing and in what form and to specify the time by which and the place in which the information should be furnished or the document or cargo produced for inspection.

(3) Each of the following persons shall be guilty of an offence under this Order, that is to say:

(a) a master of a ship who disobeys any direction given under article 14(2)(a);

(b) a master of a ship or a charterer or an operator or a commander of an aircraft or an operator or a driver of a vehicle who:

(i) without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails within a reasonable time to comply with any request made under article 14, 15 or 16 by any person empowered to make it, or

(ii) furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular or recklessly furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular to such a person in response to such a request;

(c) a master or a member of a crew of a ship or a charterer or an operator or a commander or a member of a crew of an aircraft or an operator or a driver of a vehicle who wilfully obstructs any person (or any person acting under the authority of any such person) in the exercise of his powers under article 14, 15 or 16.

(4) Nothing in articles 14 to 17 shall be construed so as to prejudice any other provision of law conferring powers or imposing restrictions or enabling restrictions to be imposed with respect to ships, aircraft or vehicles.

Obtaining of evidence and information

18.  The provisions of Schedule 5 to this Order shall have effect in order to facilitate the obtaining, by or on behalf of the Governor:

(a) of evidence or information for the purpose of securing compliance with or detecting evasion of:

(i) this Order in the Territory; or

(ii) any law making provision with respect to the matters regulated by this Order that is in force in the United Kingdom, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man or any territory to which this Order extends; and

(b) of evidence of the commission of—

(i) in the Territory, an offence under this Order or, with respect to any of the matters regulated by this Order, an offence relating to customs; or

(ii) with respect to any of those matters, an offence under the law of the United Kingdom, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man or any territory to which this Order extends.

Penalties and Proceedings

19.—(1) Any person guilty of an offence under article 3, 5, 6(3), 7, 8(9), 9, 17(3)(b)(ii) or paragraph 5(b) or (d) of Schedule 5 to this Order shall be liable:

(a) on conviction on indictment or information to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; or

(b) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent or to both.

(2) Any person guilty of an offence under article 12(1) or (2) or article 13(3) shall be liable:

(a) on conviction on indictment or information to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; or

(b) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent.

(4) Any person guilty of an offence under article 8(10), 10, 17(3)(a), (b)(i) or (c), or paragraph 5(a) or (c) of Schedule 5 shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent or to both.

(5) Any person guilty of an offence under article 11 or 13(2) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent.

(6) Where any body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Order, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(7) Summary proceedings for an offence under this Order, being an offence alleged to have been committed outside the Territory, may be instituted at any time not later than 12 months from the date on which the person charged first enters the Territory after committing the offence.

(8) Proceedings against any person for an offence under this Order may be taken before the appropriate court in the Territory having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.

(9) No proceedings for an offence under this Order shall be instituted in the Territory except by or with the consent of the principal public officer of the Territory having responsibility for criminal prosecutions:

Provided that this paragraph shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of such an offence, or the remand in custody or on bail of any person charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the necessary consent to the institution of proceedings for the offence has not been obtained.

Exercise of powers of the Governor

20.—(1) The Governor may to such extent and subject to such restrictions and conditions as he may think proper, delegate or authorise the delegation of any of his powers under this Order to any person, or class or description of persons, approved by him, and references in this Order to the Governor shall be construed accordingly.

(2) Any licences granted under this Order shall be in writing and may be either general or special, may be subject to or without conditions, may be limited so as to expire on a specified date unless renewed and may be varied or revoked by the authority that granted them.

Miscellaneous

21.—(1) Any provision of this Order which prohibits the doing of a thing except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor shall not have effect in relation to any such thing done anywhere other than the Territory provided that it is duly authorised.

(2) A thing is duly authorised for the purpose of paragraph (1) of this article if it is done under the authority of a licence granted in accordance with any law in force in the place where it is done (being a law substantially corresponding to the relevant provisions of this Order) by the authority competent in that behalf under that law.

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council