{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1987/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1987/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2070",
  "legislation_title": "The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1987",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exceptions",
  "text": "Nothing in article 2 of this Order shall be taken to prohibit the exportation of–Licensed exports and permitted ships' stores\n(a) any goods under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State, or the shipment of any goods as ships' stores with the permission of the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the port of departure for use on board the ship, provided that all conditions attaching to the said licence or the said permission are complied with;Channel Islands\n(b) any goods other than goods of a description included in Group B of Part I of Schedule 1 hereto or in Group 1 of Part II of the said Schedule, to any destination in the Channel Islands;Samples\n(c) trade samples of any goods, except goods of a description included in Groups 1 and 2 of Part II of Schedule 1 hereto, if the samples have no saleable value;Aircraft\n(d) (i) any aircraft which is being exported after temporary importation into the United Kingdom, provided that there has been no change of ownership or registration since such importation;\n(ii) any aircraft engaged on a scheduled journey;Cocoa\n(e) cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted, and the following cocoa products namely cocoa paste (in bulk or block) whether or not defatted, cocoa butter (fat and oil) and cocoa powder not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter to any destination if there is produced to the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the place of export the appropriate certificate prescribed for this purpose by the economic and control rules of the International Cocoa Agreement 1986 which were adopted by the International Cocoa Council on 23rd January 1987;Firearms and ammunition\n(f) firearms and ammunition to any destination other than a destination in South Africa or in Namibia, not being goods of a description included in Group B of Part I of Schedule 1 hereto, authorised to be held by a valid firearm certificate or shot gun certificate granted or having effect as if granted under the Firearms Act 1968 or by a valid firearm certificate granted in Northern Ireland under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or granted in the Isle of Man under the Firearms Act 1947 (an Act of Tynwald) and forming part of the personal effects of the holder, if the certificate is produced by the holder, or his duly authorised agent, with the firearms and ammunition to the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the place of export;Hovercraft\n(g) hovercraft engaged on a scheduled journey;Live animals\n(h) (i) any live animal if the place of export is Great Britain;\n(ii) live bovine animals, live swine and live sheep from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland;Ships\n(i) (i) any ship registered or constructed outside the United Kingdom which is being exported after temporary importation into the United Kingdom;\n(ii) any ship which is departing from the United Kingdom on trials;\n(iii) any ship proceeding on a normal commercial sailing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmnd 9905."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Acts of Tynwald 1947 p.586."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2070/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:16:32.914768+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."
}