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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1150",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-regulations-2026",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Export Control Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3231) (“the 2008 Order”) and assimilated 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) (EUR 2009/428) (“the assimilated Dual-Use Regulation”).\nPart 2 of these Regulations amends the 2008 Order. Regulation 3 amends the control lists set out in Schedule 2 to the 2008 Order, to reflect updates to controls on the exports of conventional weapons agreed through the multilateral export control regime known as the Wassenaar Arrangement. Regulation 4 amends the countries and destinations subject to stricter export or trade controls in Schedule 4 of the 2008 Order. This is to reflect changes in the UK’s sanctions framework and to ensure that the placement of countries and destinations reflect the level and scope of arms embargoes. Regulation 4 moves Haiti from Part 3 of Schedule 4, which lists countries that are subject to transit control for military goods, to Part 2 of Schedule 4, which lists countries that are embargoed and subject to transit control for military goods. It also moves the Central African Republic from Part 2 of Schedule 4 to Part 3 of Schedule 4.\nPart 3 of these Regulations amends the assimilated Dual-Use Regulation. Regulations 7 to 17 amend Annex I, which lists dual-use goods, software and technology subject to export controls. The changes reflect amendments to the Wassenaar Arrangement dual-use list, changes to the control lists administered by other multilateral export control regimes of which the UK is a member, including the Australia Group, and changes in line with the UK’s commitments to like-minded international partners. Regulation 18 omits Annex IIa, which is a general export authorisation authorising the export of certain dual-use items to certain destinations for exporters registered with the Secretary of State. Regulation 19 makes transitional provision for exporters registered on the date of coming into force of these Regulations to use that general export authorisation for a transitional period, ending on 1 April 2027.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
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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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