Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolution on Haiti

Marginal note:Prohibited activities

• 2 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to knowingly

  • (a) deal in any property, wherever situated, that is owned — or that is held or controlled, directly or indirectly — by a designated person or by a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated person;

  • (b) enter into or facilitate any transaction related to a dealing referred to in paragraph (a);

  • (c) provide any financial or related services in respect of a dealing referred to in paragraph (a);

  • (d) make available any property, wherever situated, or provide any financial or related services to a designated person, to a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated person or to an entity that is owned — or that is held or controlled, directly or indirectly — by a designated person; or

  • (e) make available any property, wherever situated, or provide any financial or related services for the benefit of any person or any entity referred to in paragraph (d).

• Marginal note:Exception — interest

  (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the payment of interest or other earnings, if the payment is the result of a dealing or transaction that occurred before the person became a designated person. However, the amount paid then becomes subject to subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Exception — humanitarian assistance

  (3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit payments that are necessary to ensure the timely delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance, or to support other activities that support basic human needs in Haiti, by

  • (a) the United Nations;

  • (b) a United Nations agency or programme;

  • (c) a humanitarian organization that has been granted permanent observer status by the United Nations General Assembly; or

  • (d) an implementing partner of an organization referred to in paragraph (c), including organizations participating in the Humanitarian Response Plan.