These regulations are the United Nations Sanctions (Lebanon) Regulations 2008.

These regulations come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

A reference in these regulations to the transfer of a security includes a reference to a transfer of a security by way of loan, mortgage, pledge, or bailment, whether in respect of a legal or an equitable interest.

The Minister may publish, in any manner the Minister thinks fit (for example, by notice in the Gazette, or publication on the Internet, or both),—

No person in New Zealand, and no New Zealand citizen in any place outside New Zealand, may directly or indirectly export arms from New Zealand to Lebanon.

Subclause (1) does not apply to particular arms or to arms of a particular class if the Minister has consented to that exportation of those goods.

Subclause (1) does not apply to arms, related materiel, training, or assistance authorised in advance in writing by the Government of Lebanon or by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL)

All provisions of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 with respect to prohibited exports (except sections 388 and 389) apply to goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4 as if the exportation of the goods were prohibited under section 96 of that Act.

A Customs officer may detain any goods he or she suspects on reasonable grounds to be goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4.

The master of a ship or the pilot in command of an aircraft must not permit to be laden in the ship or aircraft any goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4, knowing that the goods are intended to be exported in contravention of that regulation.

The Customs may withhold the clearance of any ship or aircraft so long as there are on board the ship or aircraft any goods any Customs officer knows to be goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4.

Nothing in regulations 4 to 8 applies to any act or thing authorised by a consent under subclause (2).

The Minister may consent to the doing of any act or thing described in any of those regulations if satisfied that—

No person in New Zealand, and no New Zealand citizen in any place outside New Zealand, may enter into, or be concerned in, any sale, transfer, carriage, or delivery of, or other dealing with, any of the goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4, knowing that those goods—

Subclause (1) does not apply to particular goods or to goods of a particular class if—

No ship or aircraft may be used for the carriage of any of the goods whose exportation is prohibited by regulation 4 if the carriage is, or forms part of, the carriage of those goods from any place to Lebanon.

Subclause (1) does not apply if—

In subclause (1), ship or aircraft means—

Subclause (1) does not limit any of regulations 4 to 10.

If any ship or aircraft is used in contravention of regulation 11, each of the following persons is guilty of an offence against these regulations:

However, it is a defence to any such offence if the person concerned proves that he or she did not know and had no reason to suppose—

In this regulation, owner and charterer, in relation to a ship, include any person acting as the agent of the owner or, as the case requires, the agent of the charterer.

No person in New Zealand, and no New Zealand citizen in any place outside New Zealand, may provide to, or at the request of, any person within Lebanon, any assistance, advice, or training related to military activities.

The assistance, advice, or training referred to in subclause (1) includes, without limitation, any technical assistance or training relating to the provision, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms.

Subclause (1) does not apply if—

No person may knowingly transfer, pay for, sell, assign, dispose of, or otherwise deal with any asset, money, or security—

It is a defence to a prosecution under this regulation in respect of any asset, money, or security derived or generated from any asset, money, or security of the kind specified in subclause (1)(a) (a restricted item) if the defendant proves that he or she received the asset, money, or security in good faith, at a time when he or she did not know that it was a restricted item or derived or generated from a restricted item.

No person in New Zealand, and no New Zealand citizen in any place outside New Zealand, may knowingly send, transfer, or deliver, or knowingly cause to be sent, transferred or delivered, whether directly or indirectly, any asset, money, or security—

Regulations 14(1) and 15 do not apply to an act in relation to an asset, money, or security that—

The Minister may consent to an act in relation to any asset, money, or security if the Minister is satisfied that the Committee has determined under paragraph 2(ii) of the Annex to resolution 1636 of the Security Council of the United Nations that the act is necessary for basic expenses.

No person who is a designated person may enter New Zealand, or transit through New Zealand, if the entry or transit would be contrary to a determination of the Security Council made under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Subclause (1) does not apply so as to prevent a designated person from entering or transiting through New Zealand if—

Subclause (1) does not apply to a designated person who is a New Zealand citizen.

A visa may be granted under the Immigration Act 2009 to a designated person only on the advice of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade that the visa is consistent with subclause (1).

This regulation operates in addition to the requirements of the Immigration Act 2009 and any regulations made under that Act.

Every person commits an offence against these regulations, and is liable accordingly under section 3 of the United Nations Act 1946, who acts in contravention of or fails to comply in any respect with any of the provisions of these regulations.

If an offence against these regulations is alleged to have been committed outside New Zealand, a prosecution for the offence may not be commenced without—

These regulations do not affect the operation of the Customs and Excise Act 2018.