The Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015

Made15th July 2015

Laid before Parliament22nd July 2015

Coming into force13th August 2015

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of July 2015

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 112 of the Saint Helena Act 18331, the British Settlements Acts 1887 and 19452, and all of the other powers enabling Her to do so, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent1

1

This Order may be cited as the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 13th August 2015.

2

In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 20123.

3

This Order extends to the territories listed in Schedule 1 to the principal Order.

Amendment to the principal Order2

1

The principal Order is amended as follows.

2

In article 15A4 (offences related to Syrian cultural property), in paragraph (2)(a) for “9 May 2011” substitute “15th March 2011”.

Richard TilbrookClerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1755) (“the principal Order”). The principal Order gives effect in specified Overseas Territories to sanctions in respect of Syria adopted by the European Union in Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP, as amended.

Article 15A of the principal Order prohibits the importation, exportation and transfer of, and the provision of related brokering services in respect of, Syrian cultural property which was illegally removed from Syria. Paragraph (2) of article 15A provides that the prohibitions do not apply if the property was removed from Syria prior to 9th May 2011. This Order amends that date so that the prohibitions apply in respect of property illegally removed from Syria from 15th March 2011 onwards. This implements the change adopted by the European Union in Council Decision 2015/837/CFSP, which aligns the date from which the prohibition takes effect with that in United Nations Security Council resolution 2199 (2015).