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The Iran (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2009

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9.—(1) No information furnished or document produced by any person in pursuance of a request made under article 6, 7 or 8 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 or her 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 to the possession of that document in his or her own right;

(b)to any person who would have been empowered under article 6, 7 or 8 to request that it be furnished or produced or 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 listed in Schedule 1;

(c)on the authority of the Secretary of State, to any organ of the United Nations or to any person in the service of the United Nations or of the Government of any other country for the purpose of assisting the United Nations or that Government in securing compliance with or detecting evasion of measures in relation to Iran decided upon by the Security Council of the United Nations; or

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

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

(ii)for any offence under any law making provision with respect to such matters that is in force in any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any territory listed in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) Any power conferred by article 6, 7 or 8 to request the furnishing of information or the production of a document or of cargo for inspection shall include a power to specify whether the 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 6(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 6, 7 or 8 by any person empowered to make it, or

(ii)furnishes any document or information which to his or her 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 such authorised officer or authorised person (or any person acting under the authority of any such person) in the exercise of his or her powers under article 6, 7 or 8.

(4) Nothing in articles 6 to 9 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.

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I1Art. 9 in force at 10.4.2009, see art. 1(1)

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