Pursuant to section 43 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2018 (No.27 of 2018) as amended by the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 29 of 2019) and section 3 of the International Obligations (Economic and Ancillary Measures) Act, Chapter 16 (“IOEAMA”) as amended by section 3A of the International Obligations (Economic and Ancillary Measures) (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 27 of 2019), the National Identified Risk Framework Coordinator (“NIRFC”) has requested that the Registrar General of The Bahamas circulate the following Notice:

On 23 March 2021, the Security Council Committee (SCC)  pursuant  to  resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities approved the addition of the entry specified in the Annex attached to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

The press release can also be found at the web address below:

https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sc14473.doc.htm

All legal entities and Non-Profit Organisations (“NPOs”) are required to take the following steps:

1. conduct immediate searches of their database and register of beneficial owners to determine whether there is any information in relation to the individuals or entities on the UN Security Council Sanctions List that are associated with the ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities;
2. report any “Hits” to the Financial Intelligence Unit and National Identified Risk Framework Coordinator at the Office of the Attorney-General immediately;
3. advise the Registrar General of findings of Nil reports; and
4. retain a copy of their “Hits” and Nil reports for record keeping purposes and evidence of reviews.

E. SALLYANN LOCKHART-PRATT
REGISTRAR GENERAL