{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-order-2008/article-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-order-2008/article-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3231",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-order-2008",
  "path": "article/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Amendment, suspension and revocation of licences",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by notice—\n(a) amend, suspend or revoke a licence granted by the Secretary of State;\n(b) suspend or revoke a general licence granted by the Secretary of State as it applies to a particular licence user.\n(2) A notice by the Secretary of State under paragraph (1), under Article 13 (suspension, revocation, etc. of authorisations) of the assimilated dual-use Regulation, under Article 16(1) (suspension, revocation, etc. of export authorisations) or (4) (suspension, revocation etc. of brokering and technical assistance authorisations) of the EU dual-use Regulation or under Article 21(5) (suspension, revocation, etc. of authorisations) of the torture Regulation shall not take effect until—\n(a) in the case of a notice affecting all users of a general licence, it has been published in a manner appearing to the Secretary of State to be suitable for securing that the notice is seen by persons likely to be affected by it;\n(b) in any other case, it has been served on the holder of the licence or on the licence user affected.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 32(2) substituted (27.8.2009) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2151), art. 1, Sch. para. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 32(2) substituted (7.12.2022) by The Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1300), regs. 1(1), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in art. 32(2) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in art. 32(2) substituted (11.12.2020) by The Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1502), regs. 2(2), 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3231/article/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:20:03.100935+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}