Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Somalia

Marginal note:Basic or extraordinary expenses

• 15 (1) A person whose property is affected by the application of section 2 may apply to the Minister in writing for a certificate to exempt the property from the application of that section if the property is necessary for basic or extraordinary expenses or is subject to a lien, mortgage or security interest, to a hypothec or prior claim, to a charge or to a judicial, administrative or arbitral decision.

• Marginal note:Certificate

  (2) If it is established in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1844 that the property is necessary for basic or extraordinary expenses or that it is subject to a lien, mortgage or security interest, to a hypothec or prior claim, to a charge or to a judicial, administrative or arbitral decision, the Minister must issue a certificate within the following time periods:

  • (a) within 15 working days after receiving the application, in the case of property necessary for basic expenses, if the Committee of the Security Council did not oppose the application;

  • (b) within 30 working days after receiving the application, in the case of property necessary for extraordinary expenses, if the Committee of the Security Council approved the application; and

  • (c) within 90 working days after receiving the application, in the case of property that is subject to a lien, mortgage or security interest, to a hypothec or prior claim, to a charge or to a judicial, administrative or arbitral decision that

    • (i) was created or issued before the person became a designated person under paragraph 3 or a designated person under paragraph 8,

    • (ii) is not for the benefit of a person referred to in subparagraph (i), and

    • (iii) has been brought to the attention of the Committee of the Security Council by the Minister.