The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2019

Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 989

Customs

The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2019

Made

4th June 2019

Laid before Parliament

6th June 2019

Coming into force

30th June 2019

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to measures relating to trade in certain goods, including technical assistance, which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment(2).

It appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references in this Order to Regulation (EU) 2019/125 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th January 2019(3), or to any provision of that regulation, to be construed as references to that instrument or to any such provision as amended from time to time.

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

(1)

1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), section 3(3) and the Schedule, Part 1.

(2)

See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1461).

(3)

OJ No. L30, 31.01.2019, p. 1-57.

(4)

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, section 28.

(5)

2002 c. 28; sections 1(5), 2(5), 5(2) and 7(2)(c) were amended by Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043) Part 2, Article 6(2)(c) and section 5(3) was amended by Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1809), Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 1.