{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-democratic-republic-of-congo-sanctions-and-miscellaneous-amendments-and-revocations-order-2015/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-democratic-republic-of-congo-sanctions-and-miscellaneous-amendments-and-revocations-order-2015/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1546",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control (Democratic Republic of Congo Sanctions and Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-democratic-republic-of-congo-sanctions-and-miscellaneous-amendments-and-revocations-order-2015",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the 1979 Act” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;\n“EU authorisation” means an authorisation granted under Article 1b of the Democratic Republic of Congo Regulation;\n“the Democratic Republic of Congo Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2015/613.\n(2) An expression used both in this Order and the Democratic Republic of Congo Regulation has the meaning given in the Democratic Republic of Congo Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 11.8.2015, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 193, 23.7.2005, p1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 102, 21.4.2015, p3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1546/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:34.188517+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."
}