The Burma/Myanmar (Financial Restrictions) Regulations 2009

Made: 17th June 2009

Laid before Parliament: 17th June 2009

Coming into force: 18th June 2009

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PART 1 — Preliminary and general

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Designated persons

Designated persons

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Treasury's power to designate persons

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Publicising directions

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PART 3 — Prohibitions and licences

Freezing funds and economic resources of designated persons

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Making funds and economic resources available to designated persons

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Exceptions

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Circumvention

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Licences

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PART 4 — Designated enterprises

Designated enterprises

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Treasury's power to designate enterprises

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PART 5 — Prohibitions concerning designated enterprises

Prohibition against financing designated enterprises

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Prohibition against creating a joint venture

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Exceptions

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Trade contracts

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Circumvention

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PART 6 — Miscellaneous

Information gathering provisions

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Officers of a body corporate etc.

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Penalties

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Proceedings

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Notices

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The Crown

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Revocation

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SCHEDULE — Information gathering provisions

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Signed

Dave Watts — Tony Cunningham — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 2009-06-17

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1994/757.

[^f00003]: type=start time=1289560259452O.J. L 66, 10.3.2008, p.1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 385/2008 of 29 April 2008 (O.J. L 116, 30.4.2008, p.5) and renewed and strengthened by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 353/2009 of 28 April 2009 (O.J. L 108, 29.4.2009, p.20).type=end time=1289560259452

[^f00004]: 1981 c.61. Part 4 has been amended by section 1(1)(b) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c.8) and sections 15 and 161 of and Schedules 2 (paragraphs 1(i) and 2) and 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c.41).

[^f00005]: 2000 c.8.

[^f00006]: As amended by S.I. 2006/3221.

[^f00007]: As amended by S.I. 2003/2066 and S.I. 2007/3253.

[^f00008]: See the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, S.I. 2001/544 as amended, most recently by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007, S.I. 2007/3510.

[^f00009]: Council Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2000 of 22 May 2000 prohibiting the sale, supply and export to Burma/Myanmar of equipment which might be used for internal repression or terrorism, and freezing the funds of certain persons related to important governmental functions in that country (O.J. L 22, 24.5.2000, p.29).

[^f00010]: Council Regulation (EC) No. 798/2004 of 26 April 2004 renewing the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2000 (O.J. L 125, 28.4.2004, p.4).

[^f00011]: Council Regulation (EC) No. 817/2006 renewing the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 798/2004 (O.J. L 148, 2.6.2006, p.1).

[^f00012]: 1995 c.46.

[^f00013]: 1947 c.44.

[^f00014]: S.I. 2005/1526.

[^f00016]: S.I. 2000/1472.

[^f00017]: This is the date on which Council Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2000 came into force.

Editorial notes

[^key-200655d58d14a6d041faa0dd2916b4fc]: Regulations revoked (8.5.2013 at 3.00pm) by The Burma/Myanmar (Financial Restrictions) (Revocation) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1096), regs. 1, 2(a)

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