The Somalia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2002

Citation, commencement, operation, extent and amendment

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Somalia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 24th October 2002.

(2) If the Security Council of the United Nations takes any decision which has the effect of cancelling or suspending the operation of the resolutions adopted by it on 23rd January 1992, 19th June 2001 and 22nd July 2002, in whole or in part, this Order shall cease to have effect or its operation shall be suspended, in whole or in part, as the case may be, in accordance with that decision; and particulars of that decision shall be published by the Governor in a notice in the official gazette of the Territory.

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

(b) Article 15 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.

(4) Articles 3, 4 and 5 shall apply to any person within the Territory and any person elsewhere 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.

(5) The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) Order 1995(1) shall be amended by deleting the word “Somalia” from the following provisions of that Order—

(a) the definition of “prohibited destination” in article 2;

(b) paragraph 8(c) of article 9; and

(c) paragraph 4(c) of Schedule 3 to that Order.

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S.I. 1995/1032, as amended by S.I.s 1997/272, 1998/1502 and 2000/1106.