{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burma-freezing-of-funds-regulations-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burma-freezing-of-funds-regulations-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1472",
  "legislation_title": "The Burma (Freezing of Funds) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burma-freezing-of-funds-regulations-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations provide that breaches of certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2000 of 22nd May 2000 (“the EC Regulation”) are to be criminal offences. The provisions in question are:\nArticle 2, which provides for the freezing of funds of certain persons related to important government functions in Burma, and prohibits the making of funds available to or for the benefit of those persons;\nArticle 5, which prohibits the knowing and intentional participation in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the provisions of the EC Regulation.\nThese Regulations make provision for information to be requested by or on behalf of the Treasury or the Bank of England for the purposes of ensuring compliance with the EC Regulation. Failure to provide such information, the provision of false information or the suppression of information is made a criminal offence.\nProvision is made with respect to penalties and proceedings for offences under the Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1472/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:16.277788+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}