The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2140

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2000

Made

4th August 2000

Coming into force

31st August 2000

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by section 1 of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939(1) and now vested in him(2), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 31st August 2000.

(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994(3).

2.  In Article 8(5) of the principal Order, the words after “Compliance Unit,” shall be replaced by the words “the Department of Trade and Industry, 4 Abbey Orchard Street, London SW1P 2HT.”.

3.—(1) The following amendments shall be made in Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal Order.

(2) In entry PL 5031.a., the word “utility” shall be deleted.

(3) Entry PL 5001.c. shall be replaced by the following text—

“c. Restraints specially designed for restraining human beings, as follows:

1. Leg-irons;

2. Gangchains;

3. Electric shock belts;

4. Shackles having a maximum locked dimension exceeding 240mm overall (i.e., including cuffs and connecting chain);

5. Individual cuffs having an internal perimeter dimension when fully locked exceeding 165mm and shackles made therewith.”.

Stephen Byers,

Secertary of State for Trade and Industry

4th August 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 by—

(a) changing the contact address of the Department of Trade and Industry for the purposes of notifications under Article 8(5);

(b) extending the controls to include all types of all wheel drive vehicles capable of off road use that satisfy the conditions stated in that Order, not just all wheel drive utility vehicles that satisfy those conditions;

(c) controlling individual cuffs and extending controls on shackles (which includes handcuffs) that satisfy certain conditions stated in that Order.

(1)

1939 c. 69.

(2)

S.I. 1970/1537.

(3)

S.I. 1994/1191; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/2663 and 1997/2758.