The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Somalia, Liberia and Rwanda) (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 1997

2.—(1) In article 3(1) of the Order (deliveries and supplies of certain goods to a prohibited destination), for the words from the beginning of sub-paragraph (c) to the end there shall be substituted—

“(c) do any act likely to promote the supply or delivery of,

prohibited goods—

(i) to a prohibited destination;

(ii) to, or to the order of, a person connected with a prohibited destination;

(iii) to any destination for the purpose of delivery, directly or indirectly, to a prohibited destination or to, or to the order of, a person connected with a prohibited destination;

(iv) to any person in Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda or Zaire, knowing or suspecting that the goods in question are intended for use within Rwanda; or

(v) to any destination for the purpose of delivery, directly or indirectly, to any person in Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda or Zaire, knowing or suspecting that the goods in question are intended for use within Rwanda.”.

(2) After article 71 of the Order (carriage of certain goods destined for a prohibited destination), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A) Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Treasury under article 3 of this Order or under this article, and without prejudice to the generality of article 3 of this Order, no ship or aircraft to which this article applies, and no vehicle within the Isle of Man, shall be used for the carriage of prohibited goods if the person specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (3) below in relation to the ship, aircraft or vehicle in question knows or suspects that the carriage is or forms part of carriage from any place outside Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda or Zaire to any person therein and that the goods in question are intended for use within Rwanda.”.

(3) After article 73 of the Order, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(3A) If any ship, aircraft or vehicle is used in contravention of paragraph (1A) above, the person specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (3) above in relation to the ship, aircraft or vehicle in question shall be guilty of an offence.”.

(4) In paragraphs (1), (4) and (6) of article 8 of the Order (investigation, etc. of suspected ships, aircraft and vehicles), after the words “paragraph (1)”, in each place where they occur, there shall be inserted “or (1A)”.

(5) In article 10(1) of the Order (penalties and proceedings), after the words “paragraph (3)”, in the second place where they occur, there shall be inserted “or (3A)”.