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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lebanon-and-syria-united-nations-measures-order-2005/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3432",
  "legislation_title": "The Lebanon and Syria (United Nations Measures) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lebanon-and-syria-united-nations-measures-order-2005",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Licences",
  "text": "(1) The Treasury may grant a licence to exempt acts specified in the licence from the prohibition in article 4(1) or 5(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; or\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 Treasury may vary or revoke a licence at any time.\n(5) The Treasury, where they grant, vary or revoke a licence, must—\n(a) in the case of a licence granted to a particular person, give written notice of the licence, variation or revocation to that person, and\n(b) in the case of a general licence, make information as to the licence, variation or revocation publicly available.\n(6) 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(7) 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",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3432/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:50.189556+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."
}