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The Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012

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Licences granted under articles 25 to 29

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33.—(1) The prohibitions in articles 25 to 29 do not apply to anything done under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor.

(2) A licence granted under articles 25 to 29 may relate to—

(a)payment of basic expenses of designated persons and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines, medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums and public utility charges;

(b)payment of reasonable professional fees and expenses associated with the provision of legal services;

(c)payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;

(d)payment of necessary extraordinary expenses as determined by the Governor, provided that the other Member States and the Commission of the European Union have been notified of the grounds for the Governor’s determination at least two weeks before the Governor’s authorisation of the payment;

(e)satisfaction of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien or judgment entered into prior to the date on which this Order comes into force and not for the benefit of a designated person;

(f)the making available of funds or economic resources held by the Central Bank of Syria, or the making available of funds or economic resources to the Central Bank of Syria, determined by the Governor to be necessary for or in connection with—

(i)providing financial institutions with liquidity for the financing of trade, or

(ii)a specific trade contract, the execution of which may involve the Central Bank of Syria, provided that the payment will not contribute to an activity prohibited under this Order; or

(g)payment by a designated person of sums due under a contract or agreement entered into prior to the date on which the person was designated, or under an obligation that arose for the designated person prior to that date, provided that the payment is not directly or indirectly received by a designated person.

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