{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lebanon-and-syria-united-nations-measures-channel-islands-order-2006/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lebanon-and-syria-united-nations-measures-channel-islands-order-2006/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1250",
  "legislation_title": "The Lebanon and Syria (United Nations Measures) (Channel Islands) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lebanon-and-syria-united-nations-measures-channel-islands-order-2006",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Licences",
  "text": "(1) The relevant authority may grant a licence to exempt acts specified in the licence from the prohibition in article 3(1) or 4(1).\n(2) A licence may relate to—\n(a) basic expenses, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines, medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums and public utility charges;\n(b) payment of reasonable professional fees and expenses associated with the provision of legal services;\n(c) payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources.\n(3) A licence may be—\n(a) general or granted to a particular person;\n(b) absolute or subject to conditions;\n(c) of indefinite duration or subject to an expiry date.\n(4) The relevant authority may vary or revoke a licence at any time.\n(5) The relevant authority, where it grants a licence, must—\n(a) in the case of a licence granted to a particular person, give a written copy of the licence to that person;\n(b) in the case of a general licence, make information as to the licence publicly available.\n(6) The relevant authority, where it varies or revokes a licence, must—\n(a) in the case of a licence granted to a particular person, give written notice of the variation or revocation to that person; and\n(b) in the case of a general licence, make information as to the variation or revocation publicly available.\n(7) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining a licence, knowingly or recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular is guilty of an offence.\n(8) Any person who has done any act under the authority of a licence and who fails to comply with any conditions attaching to that licence is guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1250/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:29:23.946071+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."
}