{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/532",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to Schedule 2 (Military Goods, Software and Technology)",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 (Military Goods, Software and Technology) is amended as follows.\n(2) Omit the definition of “biopolymer”, including the Technical Note to that definition.\n(3) Omit the definition of “expression vectors”.\n(4) For the definition of “spacecraft”, substitute—\n“\n“Spacecraft” means a craft designed to operate in, persist in or transit through space in the form of a “satellite”, “space probe”, or “space vehicle”.\nNote:\n“Spacecraft” does not include landers, rovers, or other craft, limited by design to operate on or beneath the surface of, or in the atmosphere of an extra-terrestrial celestial body, or “sub-orbital craft”.\n”.\n(5) In the Technical Note to the definition of “technology”, after “formulae,” insert “algorithms,”.\n(6) In paragraph f of the Note to entry ML1.a., for “tranquilising” substitute “tranquillising”.\n(7) In paragraph c of the Note to entry ML1.b., for “Tranquilising” substitute “Tranquillising”.\n(8) In paragraph d of the Note to entry ML2.a., for “Tranquilising” substitute “Tranquillising”.\n(9) In entry ML7—\n(a) in entry ML7.h., for ““Biopolymers”” substitute “‘Biopolymers’”;\n(b) at the end of entry ML7.h., insert—\n“Technical Notes:\nFor the purposes of ML7.h.:\n(1) ‘Biopolymers’ are biological macromolecules as follows:\n(a) Enzymes for specific chemical or biochemical reactions;\n(b) ‘Anti-idiotypic’, ‘monoclonal’ or ‘polyclonal’ ‘antibodies’;\n(c) Specially designed or specially processed ‘receptors’.\n(2) ‘Anti-idiotypic antibodies’ means antibodies which bind to the specific antigen binding sites of other antibodies.\n(3) ‘Monoclonal antibodies’ means proteins which bind to one antigenic site and are produced by a single clone of cells.\n(4) ‘Polyclonal antibodies’ means a mixture of proteins which bind to the specific antigen and are produced by more than one clone of cells.\n(5) ‘Receptors’ means biological macromolecular structures capable of binding ligands, the binding of which affects physiological functions.”;\n(c) in entry ML7.i.2.a., for ““Expression vectors”” substitute “‘Expression vectors’”;\n(d) at the end of entry ML7.i.2.a., insert—\n“Technical Note:\nFor the purposes of ML7.i.2.a., ‘expression vectors’ are carriers (e.g., plasmid or virus) used to introduce genetic material into host cells.”.\n(10) In entry ML10—\n(a) after “, aero-engines”, insert “, “sub-orbital craft””;\n(b) in the Note to entry ML10.d., for “does not apply to” substitute “does not control”;\n(c) in entry ML10.f., for “‘Ground equipment’” substitute “Ground equipment”;\n(d) in entry ML10.g., after ““aircraft” specified in ML10.a.” insert “or “sub-orbital craft” specified in ML10.j.”;\n(e) in the N.B. to entry ML10.g., after “helmets” insert “,”;\n(f) after entry ML10.i., insert—\n“\nj.\n“Sub-orbital craft” and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed or modified components therefor:\n1.\n“Sub-orbital craft”;\n2.\nLaunch equipment, recovery equipment and ground support equipment;\n3.\nEquipment designed for command or control.\n”.\n(11) In entry ML13.c.3., for “ML13.c.1..” substitute “ML13.c.1.;”.\n(12) For entries ML19.a. to ML19.c., substitute—\n“\na.\n“Laser” ‘weapon systems’ not specified by ML19.f.;\nb.\nParticle beam ‘weapon systems’;\nc.\nHigh power Radio-Frequency (RF) ‘weapon systems’;\n”.\n(13) At the end of entry ML19.f., insert—\n“Technical note:\nFor the purposes of ML19, ‘weapon systems’ are designed to damage, destroy or effect mission abort of a target.”.\n(14) In entry ML21.c., for the N.B. substitute—\n“\nN.B.:\nFor general purpose “digital computers” with installed “software” specified by ML21.c., see systems, equipment or components specified in this schedule.\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/532/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:16:36.204966+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}