Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations

Marginal note:Non-application

4 Section 3 does not apply in respect of

• (a) any payment made by or on behalf of a designated person listed in Schedule 1 that is due under a contract entered into before the designated person was listed in that Schedule, provided that the payment is not made to or for the benefit of a designated person listed in that Schedule;

• (b) any benefit paid under the Old Age Security Act, the Canada Pension Plan or the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan, CQLR, c. R-9, any superannuation, pension or benefit paid under or in respect of any retirement savings plan or retirement plan, any amount paid under or in respect of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act or the Pension Benefits Division Act and any other amount paid in respect of disability to any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada;

• (c) any transaction in respect of any account at a financial institution held by a diplomatic mission, if the transaction is required in order for the mission to fulfill its diplomatic functions as set out in Article 3 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations or, if the diplomatic mission has been temporarily or permanently recalled, when the transaction is required in order to maintain the mission premises;

• (d) any transaction to international organizations with diplomatic status, United Nations agencies, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or Canadian non-governmental organizations that have entered into a grant or contribution agreement with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development;

• (e) any transactions necessary for a Canadian to transfer to a person not listed in Schedule 1 any accounts, funds or investments of a Canadian held by a designated person listed in that schedule on the day on which that person was listed in Schedule 1;

• (f) financial services required in order for a designated person listed in Schedule 1 to obtain legal services in Canada with respect to the application of any of the prohibitions set out in these Regulations; and

• (g) any dealings with a designated person listed in Schedule 1 required with respect to loan repayments made to any person in Canada, or any Canadian outside Canada, for loans entered into with any person other than a designated person listed in Schedule 1 or with a designated person listed in that Schedule before the day on which that person was listed in that Schedule, and for enforcement or realization of security in respect of those loans, or payments by guarantors guaranteeing those loans.