Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 2649
Customs
The Export Control (Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions) Regulations 2011
Made
3rd November 2011
Laid before Parliament
7th November 2011
Coming into force
30th November 2011
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to restrictive measures against persons or bodies listed by an international organisation.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of that Act and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references to Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network (3) and to Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 753/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan(4) to be construed as references to those Annexes as amended from time to time.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to that Act(5), makes the following Regulations.
1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
OJ No L139, 29.5.2002, p9. Annex I was last amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 754/2011 (OJ No L 199, 2.8.2011, p23).
OJ No L199, 2.8.2011, p1.
Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part 1of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 .