This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2018/871 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 894

Customs

The Export Control (Burma Sanctions) (No. 2) Order 2018

Made

20th July 2018

Laid before Parliament

24th July 2018

Coming into force

14th August 2018

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) (“the 1972 Act”) in relation to measures relating to the interruption or reduction, in part or completely, of economic relations with one or more countries which are not member States(2).

This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references to Council Regulation (EU) No. 401/2013 of 2 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Myanmar/Burma and repealing Regulation (EC) No 194/2008(3) to be construed as references to that Regulation as amended from time to time.

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the 1972 Act(4) and by sections 1 to 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 2002(5).

(1)

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”).

(2)

S.I. 1994/757 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(3)

OJ No. L121, 3.5.2013, p.1, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No. 2018/647 of 26 April 2018 (OJ No. L108, 27.4.2018, p.1).

(4)

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and amended by S.I. 2007/1388 and Part 1 of the Schedule to the 2008 Act.

(5)

2002 c.28. Sections 1 to 5 and 7 were amended by S.I. 2011/1043. Section 5 was also amended by S.I. 2012/1809.