# The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 3) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes the following changes to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994:
(a) aircraft and vessels re-exported after temporary import are brought under control if controlled goods have been incorporated into them since their importation other than replacement components essential for departure;
(b) the exception from control for personal firearms is removed from exports to destinations in 23 specified countries;
(c) anti-personnel landmines and certain goods for human restraint and riot control are excluded from the exemption for goods in transit;
(d) in the list of countries to which certain road vehicles may not be exported without a licence, the reference to Bosnia-Herzegovina is replaced by a reference to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the references to Serbia and Montenegro are replaced by a reference to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
(e) new controls are introduced on equipment and devices for use with explosives or dealing with “improvised explosive devices”;
(f) the following goods are brought under control: non-automatic and semi-automatic weapons using non-centre fire cased ammunition; certain components for aircraft and associated equipment; non-military firearms training simulators; military bridges, ferries and rafts; ballistic shields; electric-shock belts; components for electrified riot control vehicles; and certain other goods for riot control;
(g) corrections are made to the names of three controlled chemicals;
(h) an incorrect indication that “precursors” is a defined term is removed;
(j) the provisions relating to de-activated firearms and oversize handcuffs are clarified; and
(k) in the list of countries partially excluded from the exemption for goods in transit, “Bosnia-Herzegovina” is changed to “Bosnia and Herzegovina” and the new name “Democratic Republic of the Congo” replaces “Zaire”.
A number of provisions made redundant by the above amendments are revoked. The amendments to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 now in force are:
S.I. 1994/1632, articles 1 and 2(a);
S.I. 1994/2711, articles 1 and 2(a), (b) and (d)(vii) (n.b, article 2(d)(vii) appears as article 2(e) in the annual volume “Statutory Instruments 1994” published by HMSO);
S.I. 1995/3249, articles 1, 2 and 3(1);
S.I. 1996/2663, articles 1, 2(a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) and 3;
S.I. 1997/323;
S.I. 1997/1008;
S.I. 1997/2464, articles 1 and 3;
this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2758/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-amendment-no-3-order-1997/note
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