The Export Control Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 3231

CUSTOMS

The Export Control Order 2008

Made

15th December 2008

Laid before Parliament

17th December 2008

Coming into force

6th April 2009

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972F1 in relation to—

(a)

measures relating to trade in dual-use items, including the transmission of software or technology in intangible formF2 ; and

(b)

matters relating to trade in certain goods, including technical assistance, which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmentF3

It appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the references in this Order to Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000M1 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005M2 , Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92M3 and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 450/2008M4 to be construed as references to those instruments and provisions as amended from time to time.

To the extent that this Order regulates any of the activities listed in section 8(1) of the Export Control Act 2002M5 , the Secretary of State, having considered the reasons for the relevant controls and the need to respect the freedom to carry on the relevant activities, has determined that such regulation is necessary in the circumstances prevailing at the time of this Order.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M6 , by paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to that ActM7 and by sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 2002 M8 , makes the following Order:

Textual Amendments

F1 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1).

F2 S.I. 2000/1813.

F3 S.I. 2006/1461.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Order excluded (5.9.2011) by The Export Control (Belarus) and (Syria Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2010), art. 5

C2 Order excluded (30.11.2011) by The Export Control (Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2649), reg. 6

C3 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Burma (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/136), regs. 1(2), 68; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 4(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C4 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/600), regs. 1(2), 65; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 12(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C5 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/642), regs. 1(2), 80; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 12(2)

C6 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/792), regs. 1(3), 97; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C7 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753), regs. 1(2), 67; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 15(2)

C8 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1665), regs. 1(3), 83

C9 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/616), regs. 1(2), 66; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 10(2)

C10 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/461), regs. 1(2), 73; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C11 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/466), regs. 1(2), 55; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C12 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/411), regs. 1(2), 128; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C13 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/134), regs. 1(2), 67; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 2(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C14 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The South Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/438), regs. 1(2), 66; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 6(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C15 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/604), regs. 1(2), 66; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 13(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C16 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/573), regs. 1(2), 58; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 11(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C17 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/433), regs. 1(2), 66; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C18 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/707), regs. 1(2), 67; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

C19 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1278), regs. 1(2), 65; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 20(2)

C20 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/948), regs. 1(2), 54; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 16(2)

C21 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Lebanon (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/612), regs. 1(2), 40; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 9

C22 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/135), regs. 1(2), 68; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 3(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C23 Order restricted (31.12.2020) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/855), regs. 1(2), 97; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C24 Order restricted (28.12.2022) by The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281), regs. 1(2), 56

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No L 159, 30.6.2000, p1; relevant amending instruments are Council Regulation (EC) No 2432/2001 (OJ No L 338, 20.12.2001, p1) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1167/2008 (OJ No L 325, 3.12.2008, p1).

M2 OJ No L 200, 30.7.2005, p1, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

M3 OJ No L 302, 19.10.1992, p1; relevant amending instruments are the Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland (OJ No C 241, 29.8.1994, p21) adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC (OJ No L 1, 1.1.2005, p1), Regulation (EC) No 82/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 17, 21.1.1997, p1), the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic and others and Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ No L 363, 20.12.2006, p1).

M4 OJ No L 145, 4.6.2008, p1.

M5 2002 c. 28.

M6 1972 c. 68.

M7 Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, section 28.

M8 2002 c. 28.