{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-democratic-republic-of-congo-sanctions-and-miscellaneous-amendments-and-revocations-order-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-democratic-republic-of-congo-sanctions-and-miscellaneous-amendments-and-revocations-order-2015/introduction.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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Customs\nMade 15th July 2015\nLaid before Parliament 20th July 2015\nComing into force 11th August 2015\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the interruption or reduction, in part or completely, of economic relations with one or more countries which are not member States.\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 2002, makes the following Order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/757, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c. 28."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1546/introduction",
    "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."
}