(1) Where an act would, in the absence of this paragraph, be prohibited by regulation 9(2) (confidentiality) or 101(2) (proliferation financing) or any prohibition in Part 4 (Finance), 6 (Trade), 7 (Aircraft) or 8 (Ships), that prohibition does not apply to the act if the act is one which a responsible officer has determined would be in the interests of -
(a) national security, or
(b) the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
(2) Where, in the absence of this paragraph, a thing would be required to be done under or by virtue of a provision of Chapter 2 of Part 4 (Investment, financial services and financial markets), Part 7 (Aircraft), 8 (Ships), 10 (Information) or 12 (Maritime enforcement), that requirement does not apply if a responsible officer has determined that not doing the thing in question would be in the interests of -
(a) national security, or
(b) the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
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