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On October 9, 2013, the Canada Gazette published the Regulations Repealing the United Nations Sierra Leone Regulations (SOR/2013-159, September 30, 2013), the purpose of which is to bring Canada in line with its own legislation, which requires an Article 41 decision of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to be in force for implementing regulations under the United Nations Act to be authorized. No such decision has been in force with respect to the United Nations Sierra Leone Regulations since 2010. These repealing regulations come into force upon their registration, and are to be tabled forthwith before Parliament, as required by section 4 of the United Nations Act.
UNSC Resolution 1940 (2010) states that the UNSC “[d]ecides to terminate, with immediate effect, the measures set forth in paragraphs 2, 4 and 5 of resolution 1171 (1998).” The full text of resolution 1940 (2010) is available at the UNSC website. The Regulations Repealing the United Nations Sierra Leone Regulations are made pursuant to the United Nations Act in order to repeal the United Nations Sierra Leone Regulations. The export, sale, supply, shipment and carriage by ship or aircraft of arms and related material to Sierra Leone are no longer to be prohibited. |
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