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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-act-2002/schedule/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/28",
  "legislation_title": "Export Control Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of paragraph 2 a relevant consequence, in relation to any activity, is a consequence (direct or indirect) of a kind mentioned in the following Table.\n(2) The Table referred to above is as follows—\nRELEVANT CONSEQUENCES\nNational security of the United Kingdom and other countries\nA\nAn adverse effect on—(a)the national security; or\n(b)the security of members of the armed forces,\nof the United Kingdom (or any dependency), ... or any ... friendly State.\nRegional stability and internal conflict\nB\nAn adverse effect on peace, security or stability in any region of the world or within any country.\nWeapons of mass destruction\nC\nThe carrying out anywhere in the world of acts which facilitate the development, production or use of weapons of mass destruction.\nBreaches of international law and human rights\nD\nThe carrying out anywhere in the world of (or of acts which facilitate)—(a)acts threatening international peace and security;\n(b)acts contravening the international law of armed conflict;\n(c)internal repression in any country;\n(d)breaches of human rights.\nTerrorism and crime\nE\nThe carrying out anywhere in the world of (or of acts which facilitate) acts of terrorism or serious crime anywhere in the world.\n(3) The question whether an activity involving goods, technology or technical assistance of any particular description is capable of having a relevant consequence is to be determined by the Secretary of State at the time the order imposing the controls is made.\n(4) In this paragraph—\n“country” includes a territory but does not include the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man; and\n“dependency” means the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands or a British overseas territory.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 3(2) omitted (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, 2(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. para. 3(2) omitted (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, 2(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 3 in force at 30.10.2003 by S.I. 2003/2629, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:21.701249+00:00",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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