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S.I. No. 297/2023 - European Union (Restrictive Measures Concerning Libya) (No.2) Regulations 2023

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 2023 S.I. No. 297/2023 - European Union (Restrictive Measures Concerning Libya) (No.2) Regulations 2023 S.I. No. 297/2023 - European Union (Restrictive Measures Concerning Libya) (No.2) Regulations 2023 AmendmentsLeasuithe Download PDF Íoslódáil PDF Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th June, 2023. I, MICHAEL MCGRATH, Minister for Finance in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 20161 , as amended, hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Libya) (No.2) Regulations 2023. 2.

(1)In these Regulations - “Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 20161 as amended by the European acts specified in Schedule 1; “European act” means an act adopted by an institution of the European Union or an institution of the European Communities.
(2)A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is also used in the Council Regulation has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Council Regulation. 3.
(1)A person who contravenes a provision of the Council Regulation specified in Schedule 2 shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)A person who contravenes a condition of an authorisation granted under a provision of the Council Regulation shall be guilty of an offence. 4. A person who is guilty of an offence under Regulation 3 shall be liable - (
  1. a)on summary conviction, to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or (
  2. b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both. 5. A competent authority in the State, following such consultation as it considers necessary with other competent authorities, for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of the Council Regulation or these Regulations, may give in writing such directions to a person as it sees fit. 6. A person who fails to comply with a direction given under Regulation 5 within the time specified in the direction shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both. 7. Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any 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 such capacity, that person shall, as well as the body corporate, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence. 8.
(1)Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations in relation to an act committed outside the State may be taken in any place in the State and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed in that place.
(2)Where a person is charged with an offence referred to in paragraph
(1), no further proceedings in the matter (other than any remand in custody or on bail) may be taken except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(3)In proceedings for an offence referred to in paragraph
(1)- (
  1. a)a certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and stating that a passport was issued by that Department to a person on a specified date, and (
  2. b)a certificate that is signed by an officer of the Minister for Justice and stating that, to the best of the officer’s knowledge and belief, the person has not ceased to be an Irish citizen, is evidence that the person was an Irish citizen on the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and is taken to have been signed by the person purporting to have signed it, unless the contrary is shown.
(4)A person who has been acquitted or convicted of an offence in a place outside the State shall not be proceeded against for an offence under these Regulations in relation to an act committed outside the State consisting of the conduct, or substantially the same conduct, that constituted the offence of which the person has been acquitted or convicted.
  1. The European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Libya) Regulations 2023 ( S.I. No.172 of 2023 ) are revoked. Schedule 1 Council Regulation
  2. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/466 of 31 March 20162
  3. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/690 of 4 May 20163
  4. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/819 of 24 May 20164
  5. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1334 of 4 August 20165
  6. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1687 of 20 September 20166
  7. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1752 of 30 September 20167
  8. Council Regulation (EU) 2017/488 of 21 March 20178
  9. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/489 of 21 March 20179
  10. Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1325 of 17 July 201710
  11. Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1419 of 4 August 201711
  12. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1423 of 4 August 201712
  13. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1456 of 10 August 201713
  14. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1974 of 30 October 201714
  15. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2006 of 8 November 201715
  16. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2260 of 5 December 201716
  17. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/126 of 24 January 201817
  18. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/166 of 2 February 201818
  19. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/200 of 9 February 201819
  20. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/711 of 14 May 201820
  21. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/870 of 14 June 201821
  22. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1073 of 30 July 201822
  23. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1245 of 18 September 201823
  24. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1285 of 24 September 201824
  25. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1863 of 28 November 201825
  26. Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2004 of 17 December 201826
  27. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1163 of 5 July 201927
  28. Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1292 of 31 July 201928
  29. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/371 of 5 March 202029
  30. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1130 of 30 July 202030
  31. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1309 of 21 September 202031
  32. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1380 of 1 October 202032
  33. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1481 of 14 October 202033
  34. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/538 of 26 March 202134
  35. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/667 of 23 April 202135
  36. Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1005 of 21 June 202136
  37. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1241 of 29 July 202137
  38. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1909 of 4 November 202138
  39. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1932 of 9 November 202139
  40. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2192 of 13 December 202140
  41. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/183 of 10 February 202241
  42. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/595 of 11 April 202242
  43. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1308 of 26 July 202243
  44. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1502 of 9 September 202244
  45. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2525 of 21 December 202245
  46. Council Regulation (EU) 2023/720 of 31 March 202346 Schedule 2 Contravention of Provision of Council Regulation Article 2
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(2)Article 3
(1)Article 4 Article 5
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(2),
(3), or
(4)Article 12
(2)Article 15
(1),
(2),
(4),
(5), or
(6)Article 17
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(1)GIVEN under my Official Seal, 8 June, 2023. MICHAEL MCGRATH, Minister for Finance. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) These Regulations provide for the enforcement of restrictive measures contained in Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 2016 as amended, regarding restrictive measures concerning Libya. The Regulations provide that competent authorities of the State may issue directions for the purpose of giving full effect to the sanctions. The Regulations create offences for breach of the Council Regulations or for failure to comply with the directions of competent authorities of the State with regard to implementation of the sanctions and provides for appropriate penalties. 1 OJ No. L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 1 1 OJ No. L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 1 2 OJ No. L 85, 1.4.2016, p. 3 3 OJ No. L 120, 5.5.2016, p. 1 4 OJ No. L 136, 25.5.2016, p. 8 5 OJ No. L 212, 5.8.2016, p. 3 6 OJ No. L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 12 7 OJ No. L 268, 1.10.2016, p. 77 8 OJ No. L 76, 22.3.2017, p. 1 9 OJ No. L 76, 22.3.2017, p. 3 10 OJ No. L 185, 18.7.2017, p. 16 11 OJ No. L 204, 5.8.2017, p. 1 12 OJ No. L 204, 5.8.2017, p. 80 13 OJ No. L 208, 11.8.2017, p. 31 14 OJ No. L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 27 15 OJ No. L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 17 16 OJ No. L 324, 8.12.2017, p. 39 17 OJ No. L 22, 26.1.2018, p. 12 18 OJ No. L 31, 3.2.2018, p. 82 19 OJ No. L 38, 10.2.2018, p. 11 20 OJ No. L 119, 15.5.2018, p. 35 21 OJ No. L 152, 15.6.2018, p. 1 22 OJ No. L 194, 31.7.2018, p. 30 23 OJ No. L 235, 19.9.2018, p. 1 24 OJ No. L 240, 25.9.2018, p. 4 25 OJ No. L 304, 29.11.2018, p. 1 26 OJ No. L 322, 18.12.2018, p. 12 27 OJ No. L 182, 8.7.2019, p. 33 28 OJ No. L 204, 2.8.2019, p. 1 29 OJ No. L 71, 6.3.2020, p. 5 30 OJ No. L 247, 31.7.2020, p. 14 31 OJ No. L 305I, 21.9.2020, p. 1 32 OJ No. L 320, 2.10.2020, p. 1 33 OJ No. L 341, 15.10.2020, p. 7 34 OJ No. L 108, 29.3.2021, p.8 35 OJ No. L 141, 26.4.2021, p.1 36 OJ No. L 222, 22.6.2021, p.1 37 OJ No. L 272, 30.7.2021, p.1 38 OJ No. L 389 I, 4.11.2021, p.1 39 OJ No. L 396, 10.11.2021, p.1 40 OJ No. L 445 I, 13.12.2021, p.1 41 OJ No. L 30, 11.2.2022, p.1 42 OJ No L 114, 12.04.2022, p.60 43 OJ No. L 198, 27.7.2022, p.1 44 OJ No. L 235, 12.9.2022, p.4 45 OJ No. L 328, 22.12.2022, p.64 46 OJ No. L 94, 3.4.2023, p.1 Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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