Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st October, 2017.

WHEREAS the Council Regulation No. 2580/2001 was adopted by the Council on 27 December 2001; and

WHEREAS I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Finance, am of the opinion that the said Council Regulation is for the purpose of, or will contribute to, combating terrorism through the adoption of specific restrictive measures, directed at persons, groups or entities, for the identification, detection, freezing or seizure of their assets of any kind;

NOW I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsections (2) and (6) of section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No. 2 of 2005), and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42) (Restrictive Measures concerning Certain Persons and Entities with a view to Combating Terrorism) (No. 3) Regulations 2017.

2. (1) In these Regulations — “Act” means the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No. 2 of 2005);

“Bank” means the Central Bank of Ireland;

“Council Regulation” means Council Regulation No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001¹ as amended by the European acts specified in the Schedule;

“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 that is used in these Regulations and that is also used in the Council Regulation has the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Council Regulation.

3. It is a requirement within the meaning of subsection (3) of section 42 of the Act that a person shall not contravene the Council Regulation.

4. (1) The Bank may, for the purposes of these Regulations and the Council Regulation, give to any person such directions as it considers appropriate.

(2) A direction under this Regulation shall be in writing.

(3) It is a requirement within the meaning of subsection (7) of section 42 of the Act that a person to whom a direction is given under this Regulation shall comply with the direction.

5. The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (Section 42) (Restrictive Measures concerning Certain Persons and Entities with a view to Combating Terrorism) (No.2) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 383 of 2017 ) are revoked.

SCHEDULE

European Acts Amending Council Regulation No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001

1. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 745/2003 of 28 April 2003²

2. Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded³

3. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1207/2005 of 27 July 2005⁴

4. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1957/2005 of 29 November 2005⁵

5. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1461/2006 of 29 September 2006⁶

6. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006⁷

7. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1250/2012 of 20 December 2012⁸

8. Council Regulation (EU) No. 517/2013 of 13 May 2013⁹

9. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 646/2013 of 4 July 2013¹⁰

10. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2425 of 21 December 2015¹¹

11. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2016/620 of 21 April 2016¹²

12. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1127 of 12 July 2016¹³

13. Council Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1710 of 27 September 2016¹⁴

14. Council Regulation (EU) No. 2016/2373 of 22 December 2016¹⁵

15. Council Regulation (EU) No. 2017/150 of 27 January 2017¹⁶

16. Council Regulation (EU) No. 2017/965 of 8 June 2017¹⁷

17. Council Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1420 of 4 August 2017¹⁸

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 October 2017.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

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 Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001, as amended.

Section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 creates an offence for breach of the provisions of these Regulations, provides for appropriate penalties and empowers the Minister for Finance to make regulations providing for such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary.

The Regulations revoke previous domestic instruments created under Section 42 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 in relation to Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001, as amended.

1 OJ No.L 344, 28.12.2001, p.70

2 OJ No. L 106, 29.4.2003, p. 22

3 OJ No. L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33

4 OJ No. L 197, 28.7.2005, p. 16

5 OJ No. L 314, 30.11.2005, p. 16

6 OJ No. L 272, 3.10.2006, p. 11

7 OJ No. L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1

8 OJ No. L 352, 21.12.2012, p. 40

9 OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 1

10 OJ No. L 187, 6.7.2013, p. 4

11 OJ No. L 334, 22.12.2015, p. 1

12 OJ No. L 106, 22.4.2016, p. 1

13 OJ No. L 188, 13.7.2016, p. 1

14 OJ No. L 259, 27.9.2016, p. 1

15 OJ No. L 352, 23.12.2016, p. 31

16 OJ No. L 23, 28.01.2017, p. 3

17 OJ No. L 146, 9.6.2017, p. 6

18 OJ No. L 204, 5.8.2017, p. 3