The Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

CHAPTER 1 Interpretation

Definition of “restricted goods” and “restricted technology”

18.  In this Part—

“restricted goods” means—

(a)

internal repression goods, and

(b)

military goods;

“restricted technology” means—

(a)

internal repression technology, and

(b)

military technology.

Definitions relating to “restricted goods” and “restricted technology”

19.—(1) The following definitions apply for the purposes of regulation 18—

“internal repression goods” means—

(a)

any thing specified in Schedule 2, other than—

(i)

any thing which is internal repression technology, or

(ii)

any thing for the time being specified in—

(aa)

Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008(1), or

(bb)

Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation, and

(b)

any tangible storage medium on which internal repression technology is recorded or from which it can be derived;

“internal repression technology” means any thing which is described in Schedule 2 as software or technology, within the meaning of that Schedule;

“military goods” means—

(a)

any thing for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008, other than any thing which is military technology, and

(b)

any tangible storage medium on which military technology is recorded or from which it can be derived;

“military technology” means any thing for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008 which is described as software or technology.

Interpretation of other expressions used in this Part

20.—(1) Paragraphs 32 and 36 of Schedule 1 to the Act (trade sanctions) apply for the purpose of interpreting expressions in this Part.

(2) In this Part, any reference to the United Kingdom includes a reference to the territorial sea.

(3) In this Part—

“brokering service” means any service to secure, or otherwise in relation to, an arrangement, including (but not limited to)—

(a)

the selection or introduction of persons as parties or potential parties to the arrangement,

(b)

the negotiation of the arrangement,

(c)

the facilitation of anything that enables the arrangement to be entered into, and

(d)

the provision of any assistance that in any way promotes or facilitates the arrangement;

“technical assistance”, in relation to goods or technology, means—

(a)

technical support relating to the repair, development, production, assembly, testing, use or maintenance of the goods or technology, or

(b)

any other technical service relating to the goods or technology;

“transfer” has the meaning given by paragraph 37 of Schedule 1 to the Act.

(4) For the purposes of this Part a person is to be regarded as “connected with” Zimbabwe if the person is—

(a) an individual who is, or an association or combination of individuals who are, ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe,

(b) an individual who is, or an association or combination of individuals who are, located in Zimbabwe,

(c) a person, other than an individual, which is incorporated or constituted under the law of Zimbabwe, or

(d) a person, other than an individual, which is domiciled in Zimbabwe.

(1)

S.I. 2008/3231. Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 2017/85 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2017/697; S.I. 2018/165; and S.I. 2018/939. There are other instruments which amend other parts of the Order, which are not relevant to these Regulations.