{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-order-2008/article-42S",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-order-2008/article-42S.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3231",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-order-2008",
  "path": "article/42S",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "42S",
  "heading": "Export control in relation to Northern Ireland: leg irons, gang chains, and portable electric shock devices",
  "text": "(1) A person must not, unless the person has a UK licence authorising the act, export from Northern Ireland to the EU customs territory any goods described in—\n(a) item 2.1 in Annex II to the EU torture Regulation (electric shock devices worn on the body);\n(b) item 2.3 in Annex II to the EU torture Regulation (bar fetters, weighted leg restraints, and gang chains);\n(c) item 2.1 in Annex III to the EU torture Regulation (portable electric discharge weapons).\n(2) The export of leg irons, gang chains, or portable electric shock devices in contravention of this article is prohibited.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 6A inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/137, regs. 1, 4(28B) (as inserted by The Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1502), regs. 2(3), 7(9) (as amended by The Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1510), regs. 1, 2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3231/article/42S",
    "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."
  }
}