UNITED NATIONS Citation, commencement, operation and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Former Yugoslavia (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 19th October 1994. 2 If, after the making of this Order, the Security Council of the United Nations takes a decision which has the effect of cancelling or suspending in whole or in part the operation of the resolutions adopted by it on 17th April 1993 and 23rd September 1994, this Order shall cease to have effect or its operation shall be suspended, as the case may be, in accordance with that decision; and particulars of that decision shall be published by the Secretary of State in a notice in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes. 3 This Order shall extend to the Channel Islands so as to be law, respectively, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey only. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order the following expressions have, except where otherwise expressly provided, the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say— “the Attorney General” means, in the application of the Order to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Attorney General for Guernsey; and in the application of the Order to the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Attorney General for Jersey; “Bosnian Serb controlled areas” means those areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb forces; “Chief Revenue Officer” and “States Revenue Officer” have the meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1972; “enactment” includes an enactment of the States of Guernsey or the States of Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark, or the States of Jersey; “export” includes shipment as stores; “exportation”, in relation to any vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft, includes the taking out of the Bailiwick of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the Bailiwick of Jersey of the vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft notwithstanding that it is conveying goods or passengers and whether or not it is moving under its own power; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; “police officer” means— in relation to Guernsey, Herm and Jethou, a member of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey and, within the limits of his jurisdiction, a member of the special constabulary of the Island of Guernsey; in relation to Alderney, a member of the said police force and a member of any police force which may be established by the States of Alderney; in relation to Sark, the Constable, the Vingtenier and a member of the said police force of the Island of Guernsey; in relation to the Bailiwick of Jersey, a member of the Honorary Police or a member of the States of Jersey Police Force; “property” includes funds, financial, tangible and intangible assets, property rights and public and privately traded securities and debt instruments, and any other financial and economic resources; “ship” has the meaning it bears in section 742 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 ; “shipment”(and cognate expressions) and “stores” shall, in the application of this Order to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, have the meaning they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1972 and, in the application of this Order to the Bailiwick of Jersey, have the meaning they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Jersey) Law 1972; “vehicle” means land transport vehicle. 2 Any reference to a provision of an Act of Parliament or of an enactment made under an Act of Parliament shall, in the case of a provision which has been extended to the Bailiwick of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the Bailiwick of Jersey, be construed as a reference to that provision as it has effect in the Bailiwick in question and, in the case of a provision which has not been so extended, be construed as a reference to that provision as it has effect in the United Kingdom. Exportation of goods to Bosnian Serb controlled areas and areas of Croatia 3 Except under the authority of a licence granted under this article— a in the case of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, by the Lieutenant Governor; b in the case of the Bailiwick of Jersey, by the Finance and Economics Committee, or granted before the coming into force of this Order by the authority competent to do so, all goods are prohibited to be exported from any of the Channel Islands to any destination in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas or the United Nations Protected Areas of the Republic of Croatia. Prohibition on economic activities 4 1 Except under the authority of a licence granted under this article— a in the case of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, by the Lieutenant Governor; b in the case of the Bailiwick of Jersey, by the Finance and Economics Committee, no person connected with the Bosnian Serb controlled areas shall carry on any economic activities in any of the Channel Islands. 2 For the purposes of this article: a “economic activities” includes— i all activities of an economic nature including commercial, financial and industrial activities and transactions, in particular all activities of an economic nature involving the use of or dealing in, with or in connection with property or interests in property; ii the exercise of rights relating to property or interests in property; iii the establishment of any new body or change in management of an existing body; b “person connected with the Bosnian Serb controlled areas” means any of the following persons: i any body, wherever incorporated or constituted, which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the following persons: aa any person in, or resident in, the Bosnian Serb controlled areas; or bb any body in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas; or ii any person or body acting on behalf of a body in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas or a body described in sub-paragraph (i) above. Prohibition on the provision of services 5 1 Except under the authority of a licence granted under this article— a in the case of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, by the Lieutenant Governor; b in the case of the Bailiwick of Jersey, by the Finance and Economics Committee, no person mentioned in article 8 shall provide any services to any person or body for the purposes of any business carried on in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas. 2 For the purposes of this article “services” shall not include telecommunications services or postal services. Assets of persons connected with Bosnian Serb controlled areas 6 1 Except with permission granted by the Treasury, no person mentioned in article 8 shall— a make any payment, or part with any gold, securities or investments; or b make any change in the persons to whose credit any sum is to stand or to whose order any gold, securities or investments are to be held, where any such action is action to which this article applies. 2 This article applies to any action which is likely to make available to or for the benefit of any person connected with the Bosnian Serb controlled areas any funds or any other financial assets or resources, whether by their removal from the Bailiwick of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the Bailiwick of Jersey or otherwise, or otherwise to result in the remittance or transfer of funds or other such assets or resources to or for the benefit of any person connected with the Bosnian Serb controlled areas. 3 Any permission granted by or on behalf of the Treasury under this article may be granted either absolutely or subject to conditions and may be varied or revoked at any time by the Treasury. 4 In this article: a “gold”, “payment” and “securities” shall have the meanings they bear in section 2 of the Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964 ; b “investments” means any asset, right or interest falling within any paragraph of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Financial Services Act 1986 which is not a security; c “person connected with the Bosnian Serb controlled areas” means any of the following persons: i any body, in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas; or ii any body, wherever incorporated or constituted, which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the following persons: aa any person in, or resident in, the Bosnian Serb controlled areas; or bb any body in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas; or iii any person or body acting on behalf of a body described in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii). Exception 7 Nothing in this Order, in the Serbia and Montenegro (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order 1992 or the Serbia and Montenegro (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order 1993 shall prohibit any activities in connection with the United Nations Protection Force ( UNPROFOR ), the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia or the European Community Monitoring Mission. Provision relating to articles 4, 5 and 6 8 1 The provisions of articles 5 and 6 of this Order shall apply to any person within the Bailiwick of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the Bailiwick of Jersey and to any person elsewhere who: a is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject, or a British protected person and is ordinarily resident in the Bailiwick of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the Bailiwick of Jersey; or b is a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the Bailiwick of Jersey. 2 Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) below, any person specified in paragraph (1) above who contravenes the provisions of article 5(1) or article 6(1), and any person who contravenes the provisions of article 4(1), shall be guilty of an offence. 3 In the case of proceedings for an offence in contravention of article 4(1) by a person or body acting on behalf of a body in the Bosnian Serb controlled areas or any of the bodies described in article 4(2)(b)(i), it shall be a defence for the accused person to prove that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that he was so acting. 4 In the case of proceedings for an offence in contravention of article 5(1), it shall be a defence for the accused person to prove that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the services in question were to be provided for the purposes of any business carried on the Bosnian Serb controlled areas. Customs powers to demand evidence of destination which goods reach 9 Any exporter or any shipper of goods which have been exported from any of the Channel Islands, shall, if so required by, in the case of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Chief Revenue Officer or, in the case of the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Agent or Deputy Agent of the Imp"ts or any person duly authorised by the Agent of the Imp"ts, furnish within such time as he may allow proof to his satisfaction that the goods have reached either— i a destination to which they were authorised to be exported by a licence granted under this Order or granted before the coming into force of this Order by the authority competent to do so; or ii a destination to which their exportation was not prohibited by this Order, and, if he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that he did not consent to or connive at the goods reaching any destination other than such a destination as aforesaid. Offences in connection with applications for licence, conditions attaching to licences, etc. 10 1 If for the purposes of obtaining any licence or permission under this Order any person makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular or recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular he shall be guilty of an offence. 2 Any person who has done any act under the authority of a licence or permission granted under this Order and who fails to comply with any condition attaching to that licence or permission shall be guilty of an offence: Provided that no person shall be guilty of an offence under this paragraph where he proves that the condition with which he failed to comply was modified, otherwise than with his consent by the Treasury or the Lieutenant Governor, or, as the case may be, the Finance and Economics Committee after the doing of the act authorised by the licence or permission. Declaration as to goods: powers of search 11 1 Any person who is about to leave any of the Channel Islands shall, if he is required to do so by, in the case of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a States Revenue Officer or, in the case of the Bailiwick of Jersey, an officer of the Impôts— a declare whether or not he has with him any goods destined for the Bosnian Serb controlled areas or the United Nations Protected Areas in the Republic of Croatia; and b produce any such goods as aforesaid which he has with him, and such officer, and any person acting under his directions, may search that person for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has with him any such goods as aforesaid: Provided that no person shall be searched in pursuance of this paragraph except by a person of the same sex. 2 Any person who without reasonable excuse refuses to make a declaration, fails to produce any goods or refuses to allow himself to be searched in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this article shall be guilty of an offence. 3 Any person who under the provisions of this article makes a declaration which to his knowledge is false in a material particular or recklessly makes any declaration which is false in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence. Obtaining of evidence and information 12 The provisions of the Schedule to this Order shall have effect in order to facilitate the obtaining of evidence and information for the purpose of securing compliance with or detecting evasion of this Order and in order to facilitate the obtaining of evidence of the commission of an offence under this Order or, with respect to any of the matters regulated by this Order, of an offence relating to customs or of an offence against any provision of law with respect to similar matters that is for the time being in force in the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey. Penalties and proceedings 13 1 Any person guilty of an offence under article 8(2) by contravening article 5(1) or 6(1) shall be liable, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey— a on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine or to both; or b on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both, and, in the Bailiwick of Jersey, on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine or to both. 2 Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph 5(b) or (d) of the Schedule to this Order shall be liable, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey— a on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; b on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both, and, in the Bailiwick of Jersey, on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both. 3 Any person guilty of an offence under article 8(2) by contravening article 4(1) or under article 10(1) or (2) or article 11(3) shall be liable, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey— a on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; b on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and, in the Bailiwick of Jersey, on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both. 4 Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph 5(a) or (c) of the Schedule to this Order shall be liable— a in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both; and b in the Bailiwick of Jersey, on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine or to both. 5 Any person guilty of an offence under article 9 or article 11(2) shall be liable— a in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; and b in the Bailiwick of Jersey, on conviction to a fine. 6 Where any body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Order, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. 7 Summary proceedings in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and any proceedings in the Bailiwick of Jersey, for an offence under this Order alleged to have been committed outside the Bailiwick in question may be commenced at any time not later than twelve months from the date on which the person charged first enters that Bailiwick after committing the offence. 8 Proceedings against any person for an offence under this Order may be taken before the appropriate court in the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being. 9 No proceedings for an offence under this Order, in its application to the Bailiwick of Jersey, shall be instituted except by, or with the consent of, the Attorney General: Provided that this paragraph shall not prevent the arrest of any person in respect of such an offence, or the remand in custody or on bail of any person charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the necessary consent to the institution of proceedings for the offence has not been obtained. Exercise of powers 14 1 The Treasury, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General or the Finance and Economics Committee may to such extent and subject to such restrictions and conditions as they, he or it may think proper, delegate or authorise the delegation of any of their, his or its powers under this Order to any person, or class or description of persons, approved by them, him or it, and references in this Order to the Treasury, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General or the Finance and Economics Committee shall be construed accordingly. 2 Any licence granted under this Order may be either general or special, may be subject to or without conditions, may be limited so as to expire on a specified date unless renewed and may be varied or revoked by the authority that granted it. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council