Introductory text

CUSTOMS

TRADE

Made 29th October 2026

Laid before Parliament 3rd November 2026

Coming into force 1st December 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (3), 2(1) and (3), 4(1), 5(2), (4), and (5) and 7(1)(a) and (2)(d) of the Export Control Act 2002^f1 and Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast)^f2.

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Footnotes

f1: 2002 c. 28; see section 11 for defined terms used in these provisions. Sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 were amended by article 6(2)(c) of the Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043); sections 5 was amended by regulation 2 of the Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), as amended by regulation 9 of the Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1502).
f2: EUR 2009/428; Article 15 was substituted by regulation 3(15) of the Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), as substituted by regulation 2(3) of the Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806).