CHAPTER II U.K. EXPORT AUTHORISATION, PROCEDURES AND CONTROLS AND IMPORT AND TRANSIT MEASURES

Article 15 U.K.

In order to ensure that this Regulation is properly applied, [F1 the Secretary of State] shall take necessary and proportionate measures F2 ... to:

(a)

gather information on any order or transaction involving firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition; and

(b)

establish that the export control measures are being properly applied, which may, in particular, include the power to enter the premises of persons with an interest in an export transaction.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 15 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), regs. 1, 4(14)(a) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 2(3), 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 15 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), regs. 1, 4(14)(b) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 2(3), 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)