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The Export Control Order 2008
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2008 No. 3231
CUSTOMS
The Export Control Order 2008
Made
15th December 2008
Laid before Parliament
17th December 2008
Coming into force
6th April 2009
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to—
(a)
measures relating to trade in dual-use items, including the transmission of software or technology in intangible form; and
(b)
matters 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
M1M2M3M4It appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the references in this Order to Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 , Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 450/2008 to be construed as references to those instruments and provisions as amended from time to time.
M5To the extent that this Order regulates any of the activities listed in section 8(1) of the Export Control Act 2002, the Secretary of State, having considered the reasons for the relevant controls and the need to respect the freedom to carry on the relevant activities, has determined that such regulation is necessary in the circumstances prevailing at the time of this Order.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M6, by paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to that Act M7 and by sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 2002 M8, makes the following Order:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Order excluded (5.9.2011) by The Export Control (Belarus) and (Syria Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2010), art. 5
C2Order excluded (30.11.2011) by The Export Control (Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2649), reg. 6
C3Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Burma (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/136), regs. 1(2), 68; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 4(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C4Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/600), regs. 1(2), 65; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 12(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C5Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/642), regs. 1(2), 80; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 12(2)
C6Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/792), regs. 1(3), 97; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C7Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753), regs. 1(2), 67; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 15(2)
C8Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1665), regs. 1(3), 83
C9Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/616), regs. 1(2), 66; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 10(2)
C10Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/461), regs. 1(2), 73; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C11Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/466), regs. 1(2), 55; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C12Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/411), regs. 1(2), 128; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C13Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/134), regs. 1(2), 67; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 2(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C14Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The South Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/438), regs. 1(2), 66; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 6(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C15Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/604), regs. 1(2), 66; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 13(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C16Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/573), regs. 1(2), 58; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 11(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C17Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/433), regs. 1(2), 66; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C18Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/707), regs. 1(2), 67; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)
C19Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1278), regs. 1(2), 65; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 20(2)
C20Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/948), regs. 1(2), 54; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 16(2)
C21Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Lebanon (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/612), regs. 1(2), 40; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 9
C22Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/135), regs. 1(2), 68; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 3(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C23Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/855), regs. 1(2), 97; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M1OJ No L 159, 30.6.2000, p1; relevant amending instruments are Council Regulation (EC) No 2432/2001 (OJ No L 338, 20.12.2001, p1) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1167/2008 (OJ No L 325, 3.12.2008, p1).
M2OJ No L 200, 30.7.2005, p1, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
M3OJ No L 302, 19.10.1992, p1; relevant amending instruments are the Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland (OJ No C 241, 29.8.1994, p21) adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC (OJ No L 1, 1.1.2005, p1), Regulation (EC) No 82/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 17, 21.1.1997, p1), the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic and others and Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ No L 363, 20.12.2006, p1).
M4OJ No L 145, 4.6.2008, p1.
M7Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, section 28.
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