Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 610
OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
The Ivory Coast (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2006
Made
8th March 2006
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2006
Coming into force
10th March 2006
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of March 2006
Present,
The Queenβs Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in Her by section 112 of the Saint Helena Act 1833( 1 ), the British Settlements Acts 1887 and 1945( 2 ) and of all other powers enabling Her to do so, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:β
Citation and commencement
1. β(1) This Order may be cited as the Ivory Coast (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 10th March 2006.
(2) In this Order βthe principal Orderβ means the Ivory Coast (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2005( 3 ).
Amendment of the principal Order
2. The heading above article 3 of the principal Order shall be amended by replacing βRESTRICTED GOODS, ASSISTANCE AND TRAININGβ with βRESTRICTED GOODS, ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING, IMPORTSβ.
3. After article 5 of the principal Order, the following new article shall be inserted:
β Importation of rough diamonds from the Ivory Coast
5A. β(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor under this article, no person shall import into the Territory any rough diamonds exported from the Ivory Coast.
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) of this article shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.
(3) In the case of proceedings for an offence in contravention of this article, it shall be a defence for the accused person to prove that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the diamonds in question had been exported from the Ivory Coast. β
4. Article 19(1) of the principal Order shall be amended by inserting β5A (2)β after β5β.
5. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 of the principal Order shall be amended by inserting β5A (2)β after β5β.
A.K.Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council