1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Export Control (Burma) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 23rd April 2008.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1979 Act” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(1);
“Annex I items” means goods listed in Annex I to the Regulation (round logs, timber and timber products; coal and certain metals; precious and semi-precious stones);
“Annex II items” means goods or technology listed in Annex II to the Regulation (equipment which might be used for internal repression);
“Annex III items” means goods or technology listed in Annex III to the Regulation (equipment and technology used in logging and timber processing and certain mining operations);
“a Community authorisation” means an authorisation granted under Article 5(3), 8(2) or 9 of the Regulation;
“the customs and excise Acts” and “assigned matter” have the same meanings as in section 1 of the 1979 Act(2);
“the Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008.
(3) References in this Order to the Regulation are references to the Regulation as amended from time to time in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 18 of the Regulation.
The definition of “assigned matter” in section 1 of the 1979 Act was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), Schedule 4, paragraphs 20 and 22.