The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 3) Order 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes the following changes to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994:

(a) aircraft and vessels re-exported after temporary import are brought under control if controlled goods have been incorporated into them since their importation other than replacement components essential for departure;

(b) the exception from control for personal firearms is removed from exports to destinations in 23 specified countries;

(c) anti-personnel landmines and certain goods for human restraint and riot control are excluded from the exemption for goods in transit;

(d) in the list of countries to which certain road vehicles may not be exported without a licence, the reference to Bosnia-Herzegovina is replaced by a reference to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the references to Serbia and Montenegro are replaced by a reference to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;

(e) new controls are introduced on equipment and devices for use with explosives or dealing with “improvised explosive devices”;

(f) the following goods are brought under control: non-automatic and semi-automatic weapons using non-centre fire cased ammunition; certain components for aircraft and associated equipment; non-military firearms training simulators; military bridges, ferries and rafts; ballistic shields; electric-shock belts; components for electrified riot control vehicles; and certain other goods for riot control;

(g) corrections are made to the names of three controlled chemicals;

(h) an incorrect indication that “precursors” is a defined term is removed;

(j) the provisions relating to de-activated firearms and oversize handcuffs are clarified; and

(k) in the list of countries partially excluded from the exemption for goods in transit, “Bosnia-Herzegovina” is changed to “Bosnia and Herzegovina” and the new name “Democratic Republic of the Congo” replaces “Zaire”.

A number of provisions made redundant by the above amendments are revoked. The amendments to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 now in force are:

• S.I. 1994/1632, articles 1 and 2(a);

• S.I. 1994/2711, articles 1 and 2(a), (b) and (d)(vii) (n.b, article 2(d)(vii) appears as article 2(e) in the annual volume “Statutory Instruments 1994” published by HMSO);

• S.I. 1995/3249, articles 1, 2 and 3(1);

• S.I. 1996/2663, articles 1, 2(a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) and 3;

• S.I. 1997/323;

• S.I. 1997/1008;

• S.I. 1997/2464, articles 1 and 3;

• this Order.