EU Legislation
(Sanctions – Central African Republic) (Jersey) Order 2014
1 Interpretation[1]
In this Order –
“General Provisions Order” means the EU Legislation (Sanctions)
(General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2014;
“Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014” means Council
Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 of 10 March 2014 concerning restrictive
measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic
(OJ L 70, 11.3.2014, p. 1), as amended[2] up to 14th March 2018 (subject
to Article 2).
2 Ambulatory
references to Annexes
A reference in Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 to any of the
Annexes to that Regulation is to be read as a reference to that Annex as
amended, substituted, extended or applied from time to time by any other EU
provision, or as that Annex otherwise has effect in the EU from time to time by
virtue of any judgment of the European Court.
3 Application
of general provisions
(1) This Order is a
relevant special Order for the purpose of the General Provisions Order.
(2) Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 is the relevant EU
provision for the purpose of the general provisions of the General Provisions
Order, when those general provisions are read as part of this Order.
(3) For the purpose of Article 14A
of the General Provisions Order, the UN financial sanctions resolution
implemented by Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 is United Nations
Security Council Resolution 2134 (2014).[3]
4 Implementation
of Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014
Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 has effect as if it were an
enactment –
(a) to any extent that it
does not otherwise have effect in Jersey;
(b) subject to the
modifications made by the general provisions that are to be read as part of this
Order by virtue of Article 3 and the General Provisions Order.
5 Offences
(1) A person
who –
(a) contravenes
Article 2, 5 or 12 of Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014, as
that Article has effect in Jersey by virtue of Article 4;
(b) intentionally
furnishes false information or a false explanation to any person exercising
powers under Article 10 of the General Provisions Order as read as part of
this Order; or
(c) with
intent to evade the provisions of Article 10 of the General Provisions
Order as read as part of this Order, destroys, mutilates, defaces, secretes or
removes any document,
is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of
2 years and to a fine.
(2) A person is guilty of
an offence, and liable to imprisonment for a term of 3 months and to a
fine, if the person, without reasonable excuse, contravenes –
(a) Article 10(3)
of the General Provisions Order as read as part of this Order; or
(b) Article 10(1)
and 11(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014, as that Article has
effect in Jersey by virtue of Article 4.
(3) Paragraph (1)(a)
does not apply to a contravention –
(a) by
the Minister, of an obligation imposed on the Minister by Article 8 of the
General Provisions Order; or
(b) by a
person other than the Minister, of an obligation imposed on that person under
Article 9 of that Order.
6 Citation
This Order may be cited as the EU Legislation (Sanctions – Central
African Republic) (Jersey) Order 2014.