{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/532",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendments to Category 1 - Special Materials and Related Equipment",
  "text": "(1) The section headed Category 1 - Special Materials and Related Equipment is amended as follows.\n(2) In the section headed 1A Systems, Equipment and Components—\n(a) in Note 2 to entry 1A002, after “semi-finished items” omit “,”;\n(b) in the Technical Note to entry 1A007.b., for “vaporization” substitute “vaporisation”;\n(c) at the end of entry 1A008.a.2., insert—\n“Technical Note:\nFor the purposes of 1A008.a., ‘shaped charges’ are explosive charges shaped to focus the effects of the explosive blast.”;\n(d) in entry 1A008.d., omit the Technical Note;\n(e) in entry 1A202—\n(i) after “form of” insert “thin-walled”;\n(ii) for “both” substitute “all”;\n(f) in entry 1A202.a.—\n(i) for “400” substitute “650”;\n(ii) at the end, omit “and”;\n(g) in entry 1A202—\n(i) after paragraph a insert—\n“\nb.\nA thickness of 12mm or less; and\n”;\n(ii) renumber as paragraph c the paragraph starting with the words “Made with any”;\n(h) in entry 1A225—\n(i) for “Platinized” substitute “Wet-proofed platinised”;\n(ii) after “tritium from” omit “heavy”;\n(iii) after “the production” insert “or upgrading”;\n(iv) at the end, insert—\n“Technical Note:\nIn heavy water moderated reactors, upgraders maintain the heavy water concentration in the reactor core. Wet-proofed platinised catalysts can also be used to upgrade heavy water.”.\n(3) In the section headed 1B Test, Inspection and Production Equipment—\n(a) in entry 1B001.e., for “prepegs” substitute “prepregs”;\n(b) in the Technical Notes to entry 1B001.g.—\n(i) after the heading “Technical Notes:”, on a new line insert “For the purposes of 1B001.:”;\n(ii) in paragraph 1—\n(aa) for “For the purposes of 1B001, ‘primary” substitute “‘Primary”;\n(bb) for “the position” substitute “is the positioning”;\n(iii) in paragraph 2, for “For the purposes of 1B001, a” substitute “ A”;\n(c) in entry 1B228.a., for “temperatures of 35 K (-238°C) or less” substitute “temperatures in the range of 15 K (-258°C) to 35 K (-238°C)”;\n(d) in entry 1B228.b., for “of 0,5 to 5 MPa” substitute “in the range of 0,1 MPa to 1 MPa”;\n(e) for entry 1B228.c.1., substitute “Austenitic stainless steel; or”;\n(f) in entry 1B228.c.2.—\n(i) for “Equivalent materials” substitute “‘Equivalent materials’”;\n(ii) after “hydrogen (H2)-compatible” insert “between 15 K (-258°C) and 35 K (-238°C)”;\n(g) for the Technical Note to entry 1B228, substitute—\n“\nTechnical Notes:\n1.\nIn 1B228.c.2. ‘equivalent materials’ could include, but are not limited to the following materials:\na.\naluminium,\nb.\naluminium alloys,\nc.\ncopper alloys,\nd.\nnickel alloys, and\ne.\ntitanium alloys.\n2.\nIn 1B228.d. ‘effective length’ means the active height of packing material in a packed-type column, or the active height of internal contractor plates in a plate-type column.\n”.\n(4) In the section headed 1C Materials—\n(a) in paragraph a of the Technical Note in entry 1C, at the beginning, after “i.e.” omit “:”;\n(b) in the Note to entry 1C001.b., after “materials” omit “,”;\n(c) in entry 1C002.c.1.a.—\n(i) after “i.e.” insert “,”;\n(ii) at the end, insert—\n“Note:\n1C002.c.1.a. includes nickel alloys qualified for aero, aero-derivative, industrial or marine gas turbine engines.”;\n(d) in entry 1C002.c.2.g., omit “or”;\n(e) in entry 1C002.c.2.h. for “and” substitute “or”;\n(f) after entry 1C002.c.2.h., insert—\n“\ni.\n‘Ultrasonic atomisation’; and\n”;\n(g) in the Technical Notes at the end of entry 1C002, for paragraph 10, substitute—\n“10.\n‘Ultrasonic atomisation’ is a process to reduce a molten stream of metal alloy to droplets of 500 μm diameter or less by ultrasonic vibration.\n11.\nFor the purposes of 1C002 Technical Notes, ‘solidify rapidly’ is a process involving the solidification of molten material at cooling rates exceeding 1 000 K/s.”;\n(h) in entry 1C005.b.1., for “(-263,31°C)” substitute “(-263,3°C)”;\n(i) in entry 1C005.b.2., for “(-268,96°C)” substitute “(-268,95°C)”;\n(j) in entry 1C005.c., for “(-158,16°C)” substitute “(-158,15°C)”;\n(k) in the Note to entry 1C010.b., in paragraph a.3., for “15 mm.” substitute “15 mm;”;\n(l) in entry 1C010.e.2.c., for “phenolic resin;” substitute “phenolic resin.”;\n(m) in Note 2 to entry 1C010.e., in paragraph a, for “following;” substitute “following:”;\n(n) in the Technical Notes to entry 1C010.e.2., in paragraph 2, after “7028-07” omit “,”;\n(o) at the end of entry 1C011.d., for “.” substitute “;”;\n(p) in the N.B. at the end of entry 1C011—\n(i) for “See also Military Goods Controls for” substitute “For”;\n(ii) after “military purposes”, insert “, see Military Goods Controls”;\n(q) in Technical Note 1 to entry 1C116, in paragraph 1, for “nickel, very low carbon content” substitute “nickel content, carbon content of less than or equal to 0,03% by weight,”;\n(r) in Note 3 to entry 1C350, for “.88 and .89” substitute “.88, .89 and .90”;\n(s) in entry 1C351.d.1., for “toxins” substitute “neurotoxins”.",
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