European Union (Libya) (Financial Sanctions) (No. 8) Regulations 2011.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Libya) (Financial Sanctions) (No. 8) Regulations 2011.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations “Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) No. 204/2011 of 2 March 20111, as amended by—
(a) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 233/2011 of 10 March 20112 ,
(b) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 272/2011 of 21 March 20113 ,
(c) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 288/2011 of 23 March 20114 ,
(d) Council Regulation (EU) No. 296/2011 of 25 March 20115 ,
(e) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 360/2011 of 12 April 20116 ,
(f) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 502/2011 of 23 May 20117 ,
(g) Council Regulation (EU) No. 572/2011 of 16 June 20118 ,
(h) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 573/2011 of 16 June 20119 ,
(i) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 804/2011 of 10 August 201110 ,
(j) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 872/2011 of 1 September 201111 ,
(k) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 925/2011 of 15 September 201112 ,
(l) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 941/2011 of 22 September 201113 , and
(m) Council Regulation (EU) No. 965/2011 of 28 September 201114 .
(2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning that it has in the Council Regulation.
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paragraphs: Subject to Regulation 4, a person commits an offence if he or she infringes the provisions of the Council Regulation as regards—
(a) the provision of financing or financial assistance,
(b) the freezing of funds or economic resources,
(c) the making available of funds or economic resources,
(d) the supply of information to or cooperation with the competent authorities, or
(e) the participation in activities to circumvent the requirements of the Council Regulation as regards paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).
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paragraphs: Notwithstanding Regulation 3, a person who has received a prior authorisation under Article 3, 7, 8, 8a, 8b, 10 or 10a of the Council Regulation may, subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of such authorisation, do such of the things referred to in Regulation 3 as are so authorised.
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paragraphs: The Central Bank of Ireland may, for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of the provisions of these Regulations, give such directions or issue such instructions to a person as it sees fit.
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paragraphs: A person who fails to comply with a direction given or an instruction issued under Regulation 5 commits an offence.
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paragraphs: Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of or to have been attributable to the neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, commits an offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she committed the first mentioned offence.
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paragraphs: A person who commits an offence under these Regulations is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a Class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
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paragraphs: The European Union (Libya) (Financial Sanctions) (No. 7) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 441 of 2011 ) are revoked.