Statutory Instruments
Customs
Made
25th November 2008
Laid before Parliament
26th November 2008
Coming into force
27th November 2008
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures relating to the interruption or reduction, in part or completely, of economic relations with one or more countries which are not Member States.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 2002(3), makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 27th November 2008.
2. Article 1(2) of the Export Control (Iran) Order 2007(4) is amended as follows—
(a)in the definition of “the Regulation” after the words “Council Regulation (EC) No 618/2007” insert “, Commission Regulation (EC) No 116/2008(5) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1110/2008(6)”.
(b)in the definition of “Annex I items” after the words “listed in Annex I” insert “or Annex IA”.
Ian Pearson
Economics and Business Minister
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
25th November 2008
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order implements in part Council Regulation (EC) 1110/2008 which amends Council Regulation (EC) 423/2007(7) (“the original Regulation”).
Council Regulation (EC) 1110/2008 was adopted pursuant to Council Common Position 2008/652/CFSP(8) which provides, amongst other issues, for the prohibition of the supply, sale or transfer of certain goods and technology that could contribute to the proliferation of sensitive nuclear activities or the development of nuclear weapons delivery systems.
This Order makes amendments to the Export Control (Iran) Order 2007 that correspond to the amendments to the original Regulation.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as it has no impact on the costs of business.
1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1).
S.I. 2007/1526 as amended by S.I. 2007/2170.
OJ No L 35, 9.2.2008, p1.
OJ No L 300, 11.11.2008, p1.
OJ No L.103, 20.4.2007, p1.
OJ No L 213, 8.8.2008, p58.