{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1989/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1989/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2376",
  "legislation_title": "The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1989",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Declaration as to goods: powers of search",
  "text": "(1) Any person who, on any occasion, is about to leave the United Kingdom shall, if on that occasion he is required to do so by an officer of Customs and Excise—\n(a) declare whether or not he has with him any goods the export of which from the United Kingdom is subject to any prohibition or restriction under this Order; and\n(b) produce any such goods as aforesaid which he has with him;\nand such officer, and any person acting under his directions, may search that person for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has with him any such goods as aforesaid:\nProvided that no person shall be searched in pursuance of this paragraph except by a person of the same sex.\n(2) Any person who without reasonable excuse refuses to make a declaration, fails to produce any goods or refuses to allow himself to be searched in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this article shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a customs penalty not exceeding one thousand pounds.\n(3) Any person who under the provisions of this article makes a declaration which to his knowledge is false in a material particular or recklessly makes any declaration which is false in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a customs penalty not exceeding two thousand pounds and on conviction on indictment to a customs penalty of any amount or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "extended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/1640",
      "affecting_title": "The Export of Goods (Control) (Iraq and Kuwait Sanctions) Order 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2376/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:31:07.857893+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."
}