The Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996

Amendments to Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.

2.  The entries in Schedule 1 are amended as follows:

1C115.a.2 substituted by the following:

“2.   metal fuels, other than that specified in the Military Goods Controls, in particle sizes of less than 500 micrometres, whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or ground, consisting 97% or more by weight of any of the following:

a. zirconium;

b. beryllium;

c. boron;

d. magnesium; or

e. alloys of the metals specified in a. to d.;”

1C351.b.2 substituted by the following:

“2.   bartonella quintana (rochalimaea quintana, rickettsia quintana);”

1C351.c.8 substituted by the following:

“8.   burkholderia mallei (pseudomonas mallei);”

1C351.c.9 substituted by the following:

“9.   burkholderia pseudomallei (pseudomonas pseudomallei);”

1C351.d substituted by the following:

“d. “Toxins”, as follows, and “sub-units of toxins” thereof:

1. botulinum toxins;

2. clostridium perfringens toxins;

3. conotoxin;

4. ricin;

5. saxitoxin;

6. shiga toxin;

7. staphylococcus aureus toxins;

8. tetrodotoxin;

9. verotoxin;

10. microcystin (cyanginosin);

except: any goods specified in 1C351 in the form of a “vaccine” or “immunotoxin”.”

1C352.a.11 substituted by the following:

“11.   porcine enterovirus type 9 (swine vesicular disease virus);”

1C353.a substituted by the following:

“a. genetically modified “microorganisms” or genetic elements that contain nucleic-acid sequences associated with pathogenicity of organisms specified in 1C351.a. to c., 1C352 or 1C354;”

1C353.b substituted by the following:

“b. genetically modified “microorganisms” or genetic elements that contain nucleic-acid sequences coding for any of the “toxins” specified in 1C351.d. or “sub-units of toxins” thereof.”

1C354.b.1 substituted by the following:

“1.   colletotrichum coffeanum var. virulans (colletotrichum kahawae);”

2B352: “Biological equipment, as follows;” substituted by the following:

• “Equipment capable of use in handling biological materials, as follows:”

2B352.b substituted by the following:

“b. fermenters capable of cultivation of pathogenic “microorganisms”, viruses or capable of toxin production, without the propagation of aerosols, and having a total capacity of 100 litres or more;

Technical Note:

Fermenters include bioreactors, chemostats and continuous-flow systems.”

2B352.d: “designed for” substituted by “capable of”.

2B352.g: “pathogenic” left out.

7A103.a: the following added at end:

“Note:

7A103.a.   does not specify equipment containing accelerometers specified in 7A001 where such accelerometers are specially designed and developed as MWD (Measurement While Drilling) sensors for use in downhole well service operations.”.