PART 1Introductory
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Export Control (Libya Sanctions) Order 2016 and comes into force on 12th August 2016.
Revocation
2. The following Orders are revoked—
(a)the Export Control (Libya) Order 2011(1); and
(b)the Export Control (Liberia) Order 2011(2).
Application
3. An offence may be committed under this Order—
(a)in the United Kingdom by any person;
(b)elsewhere by any person who is a United Kingdom person within the meaning of section 11 of the Export Control Act 2002.
Interpretation
4.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1979 Act” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(3);
“EU authorisation” means an authorisation granted under Article 2(4) or 3(4) of the Libya Regulation; and
“the Libya Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44(4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya and repealing Regulation (EU) No 204/2011, and a reference to an Annex to that Regulation is a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time.
(2) An expression used in both this Order and in the Libya Regulation has the meaning that it bears in that Regulation.