The Sanctions (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2020

Amendment of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020

3.—(1) The Lebanon (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 2 (modifications to be made in the extension of the Lebanon (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020(2) to each British overseas territory listed in Schedule 1)—

(a) in paragraph 2(b)(i), for the inserted definition of “authorised officer” substitute—

““authorised officer” means, in relation to the Territory—

(a)

a member of Her Majesty’s forces in the Territory,

(b)

a police or customs officer of the Territory,

(c)

a person authorised by the Governor for the purposes of exercising, whether generally or in a particular case, any power conferred by—

(i)

regulation 19 (information powers),

(ii)

regulation 21 (general trade licences: inspection of records),

(iii)

regulation 22 (disclosure of information),

(iv)

regulation 23A (suspected ships, aircraft or vehicles), or

(v)

regulation 23B (search warrants), or

(d)

any person acting under the authority of a person falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (c);”;

(b) for paragraph 7 substitute—

“7.   In regulation 7 (export of military goods), at the end insert—

“(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the export was to, or the goods were for use in, Lebanon (as the case may be).””;

(c) for paragraph 16 substitute—

“16.   In regulation 21 (general trade licences: inspection of records)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “A person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners (an “official”)” substitute “An authorised officer”;

(b) in paragraphs (2) to (5), for “official”, in each place it occurs, substitute “authorised officer”;

(c) in paragraph (5)(a), for “official’s functions” substitute “authorised officer’s functions”.”;

(d) for paragraph 30 substitute—

“30.   In regulation 33 (maritime enforcement officers)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit sub-paragraphs (b), (d), (e), (f) and (h);

(ii) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) a police officer of the Territory;”;

(iii) for sub-paragraph (g) substitute—

“(g) a customs officer of the Territory.”;

(b) omit paragraph (2).”

(1)

S.I. 2020/1124.

(2)

S.I. 2020/612, prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/950.