Introductory text
England, Wales and Scotland
Overseas Territories
Sanctions
Made 14th December 2022
Laid before Parliament 20th December 2022
Coming into force 28th December 2022
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 2022
Present,
The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by a resolution adopted on 21st October 2022, called upon His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to apply certain measures to give effect to decisions of that Council in relation to Haitif1:
His Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Him by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946f2 and section 63(3)(c) and (4) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018f3, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to make the following Order:
Annotations
Footnotes
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The Security Council of the United Nations adopted resolution 2653 (2022) on 21st October 2022 (“resolution 2653”). Paragraph 3 of resolution 2653 requires States to take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories of all persons designated by the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 19 of resolution 2653 as being responsible for violence, criminal activities and human rights abuses which undermine the peace, stability and security of Haiti.
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2018 c. 13. Amendments have been made by the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) and the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10).