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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3231",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control Order 2008",
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  "heading": "Military, Security and Para-military Goods, Software and Technology and Arms, Ammunition and Related Material",
  "text": "ML1\nSmooth-bore weapons with a calibre of less than 20 mm, other firearms and automatic weapons with a calibre of 12.7 mm (calibre 0.50 inches) or less and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:\nN.B.:\nWeapons using non-centre fire (e.g. rimfired) cased ammunition and which are not of the fully automatic firing type are specified in PL9010.a. or PL9011.a. of Schedule 3.\nNote:\nML1 does not control:\na.\nFirearms specially designed for dummy ammunition and which are incapable of discharging a projectile;\nb.\nFirearms specially designed to launch tethered projectiles, having no high explosive charge or communications link, to a range of 500 m or less;\nc.\nFirearms to which the “Deactivation Regulation” applies which have been deactivated and marked in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annexes I and II to that Regulation;\nd.\nFirearms to which the “Deactivation Regulation” does not apply which bear a mark and are certified as having been rendered incapable of discharging any shot, bullet or other missile in accordance with section 8 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.\ne.\nWeapons using non-centre fire (e.g. rimfired) cased ammunition and which are not of the fully automatic firing type.\na.\nRifles and combination guns, handguns, machine, sub-machine and volley guns;\nN.B.: Rifles and combination guns, manufactured earlier than 1938 are specified in PL9010.a. and PL9011.a. of Schedule 3.\nNote: ML1.a. does not control:\na.\nBayonets;\nb.\nRifles and combination guns manufactured earlier than 1938;\nc.\nReproductions of rifles and combination guns, the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;\nd.\nHandguns, volley guns and machine guns, manufactured earlier than 1890, and their reproductions;\ne.\nRifles or handguns, specially designed to discharge an inert projectile by compressed air or CO2 ;\nf.\nHandguns specially designed for any of the following:\n1. slaughtering of domestic animals; or\n2. tranquillising of animals.\nb.\nSmooth-bore weapons as follows:\nN.B.1.:\nSmooth-bore weapons manufactured earlier than 1938 are specified in PL9010.a. and PL9011.a. of Schedule 3.\nN.B.2.:\nSmooth-bore weapons manufactured in 1938 or later are specified in PL9010.a. and PL9011.a. of Schedule 3 provided they are not specifically designed for military use or of the fully automatic type.\n1.\nSmooth-bore weapons specially designed for military use;\n2.\nFully automatic smooth-bore weapons not controlled by ML1.b.1.;\nNote:\nML1.b. does not control:\na.\nSmooth-bore weapons manufactured earlier than 1938;\nb.\nReproductions of smooth-bore weapons, the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;\nc.\nSmooth-bore weapons, specially designed for any of the following;\n1.\nSlaughtering of domestic animals;\n2.\nTranquillising of animals;\n3.\nSeismic testing;\n4.\nFiring of industrial projectiles;\nd.\nSignal pistols;\ne.\nIndustrial Tools;\nf.\nSmooth-bore weapons that are both not specially designed for military use and specially designed to discharge an inert projectile by compressed air or CO2.\nc.\nWeapons using caseless ammunition;\nd.\nAccessories designed for firearms specified in ML1.a., ML1.b. or ML1.c., as follows:\n1. Detachable cartridge magazines;\n2. Sound suppressors or moderators;\n3. ‘Gun-mountings’;\nTechnical Note:\nFor the purposes of ML1.d.3., a ‘gun-mounting’ is a fixture designed to mount a gun onto a ground “vehicle”, “aircraft”, “vessel” or structure.\n4. Flash suppressors;\n5. Optical weapon-sights with electronic image processing;\n6. Optical weapon-sights specially designed for military use.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 substituted (22.2.2017) by The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/85), art. 1, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (14.9.2018) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/939), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(i)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (14.9.2018) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/939), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(ii)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (14.9.2018) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/939), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(iii)"
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      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 substituted (14.9.2018) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/939), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(iv)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (7.6.2021) by The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/586), arts. 1, 2(4)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 4(6)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (14.9.2018) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/939), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(v)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (14.9.2018) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/939), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(vi)"
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      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (14.9.2018) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/939), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(vii)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 4(7)"
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      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (3.11.2022) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1042), arts. 1, 3(3)"
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