{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1991/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1991/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2666",
  "legislation_title": "The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-order-1991",
  "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–\nLicensed 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;\nChannel Islands\n(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;\nAircraft and helicopters\n(c) (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;\n(ii) any aircraft or helicopter engaged on a scheduled journey;\nFirearms and ammunition\n(d) (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 or by a valid firearm certificate granted under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or granted in the Isle of Man under the Firearms Act 1947 (an act of Tynwald); and\n(ii) related ammunition for use therewith;\nto any destination other than a destination in South Africa, 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 and Excise at the place of export;\nLive animals\n(e) (i) any live bovine animal, live swine or live sheep, if the place of export is in Great Britain;\n(ii) live bovine animals, live swine and live sheep from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland;\nVessels\n(f) (i) any vessel registered or constructed outside the United Kingdom which is being exported after temporary importation into the United Kingdom;\n(ii) any vessel which is departing from the United Kingdom on trials;\n(iii) any vessel proceeding on a normal commercial journey.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27, as amended by the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/155 (N.I.2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Acts of Tynwald 1947, p.586."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2666/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:33:56.437245+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."
}