2A.—(1) The following articles bind the Crown—
(a)article 4 (movement of UK controlled dual-use goods, etc. to certain destinations);
(b)article 6 (WMD purposes end-use control supplementing the dual-use Regulation);
[F2(c)article 8 (transit controls supplementing the dual-use Regulation);
(d)article 42L (export and transfer control in relation to Northern Ireland: dual-use goods, software, and technology); and
(e)article 42S (export control in relation to Northern Ireland: leg irons, gang chains, and portable electric shock devices).]
(2) The Crown is not criminally liable as a result of a contravention of any of those articles.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not affect the application of those articles to persons in the public service of the Crown.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 2A inserted (10.8.2012) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1910), arts. 1, 2, Sch. para. 2
F2Art. 2A(1)(c)-(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/137, regs. 1, 4(3) (as substituted by The Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1502), regs. 2(3), 7(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)