{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-security-and-para-military-goods-order-2008/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/639",
  "legislation_title": "The Export Control (Security and Para-military Goods) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-security-and-para-military-goods-order-2008",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Export Control (Security and Para-military Goods) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 6th April 2008.\n(2) In this Order, “the 2003 Order” means the Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) Order 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2764; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/1331, 2006/1696, 2007/1863."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/639/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:33.430156+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."
}