Article 4 Exceptions

Nothing in article 2 of this Order shall be taken to prohibit the exportation of—

Licensed exports and permitted ships' stores

(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

(b)

any goods other than goods of a description specified 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

(c)

trade samples of any goods of a description specified in Group A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 hereto, if the samples have no saleable value;

Aircraft and helicopters

(d)

(i)

any aircraft or helicopter 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;

(ii)

any aircraft or helicopter engaged on a scheduled journey;

Cocoa

(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^f1 which were adopted by the International Cocoa Council on 23rd January 1987

Firearms and ammunition

(f)

(i)

firearms (not being goods of a description specified in Group B of Part 1 of Schedule 1 hereto) authorized to be held by a valid firearm certificate or shotgun certificate granted or having effect as if granted under the Firearms Act 1968^f2 or by a valid firearm certificate granted under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f3 or granted in the Isle of Man under the Firearms Act 1947 (an Act of Tynwald)^f4; and

(ii)

related ammunition for use therewith;

to any destination other than a destination in South Africa or in Namibia, provided that the firearms and ammunition form part of the personal effects of the holder of the certificate and the certificate is produced by the holder, or his duly authorized agent, with the firearms and ammunition, to the proper officer of Customs & Excise at the place of export;

Live animals

(g)

(i)

any live animal if the place of export is Great Britain;

(ii)

live bovine animals, live swine and live sheep from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland;

Vessels

(h)

(i)

any vessel registered or constructed outside the United Kingdom which is being exported after temporary importation into the United Kingdom;

(ii)

any vessel which is departing from the United Kingdom on trials;

(iii)

any vessel proceeding on a normal commercial journey.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Cmnd 9905.
f2: 1968 c. 27, as amended by the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45).
f3: S.I.1981/155 (N.I.2).
f4: Acts of Tynwald 1947, p. 586.