11Permit to provide a sanctioned service

11 Permit to provide a sanctioned service

(1) A person may apply to the Minister for a permit to provide a sanctioned service. (2) The Minister may grant the permit only if the sanctioned service is one of the following: (a) a service consisting of advice, assistance or training intended solely for the development of the Somali National Security Forces, to provide security for the Somali people; (b) a service consisting of advice, assistance or training intended solely for the purposes of helping develop Somali security sector institutions other than those of the Federal Government of Somalia, to provide security for the Somali people: (i) of which the Committee was notified by the supplying Member State or organisation and did not, within 5 working days after receiving the notification, make a negative decision; and (ii) of which the Federal Government of Somalia was informed by the supplying Member State or organisation, in parallel with the notification to the Committee and within 5 working days in advance of the provision of the service; (c) a service consisting of advice, assistance or training intended solely for the support of, or use by, any of the following: (i) United Nations personnel, including UNSOM; (ii) AMISOM; (iii) AMISOM’s strategic partners, operating solely under the latest African Union Strategic Concept of Operations and in cooperation and coordination with AMISOM; (iv) the EUTM in Somalia; (g) a service consisting of technical assistance provided at the request of Somalia or a nearby coastal State to enhance the capacity of Somalia or the nearby coastal State to ensure coastal or maritime security, including combating piracy or armed robbery at sea off the Somali and nearby coastlines.

Note: For paragraph (g), see paragraphs 5 and 12 of Resolution 1846.

(3) A notice to the Committee mentioned in subregulation (2) must include all relevant information about the service, in accordance with the following: (a) resolutions relating to Somalia, as existing from time to time; (b) the Guidelines of the Committee for the Conduct of its Work, as in force from time to time.

Note: Resolutions relating to Somalia, and the Guidelines, could in 2021 be viewed on the United Nations’ website (http://www.un.org).

(4) The permit is subject to any conditions specified in the permit.

Note: Section 13A of the Act applies to a permit granted under this regulation.