Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Export Control Act 2002;

• “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

• “controlled radioactive source” means a radionuclide of a description in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order with an activity level of that in the corresponding entry in column 2;

• “customs and excise Acts” and “prescribed sum” have the same meanings as in section 1 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 M1;

• “exportation” means (except where the context otherwise requires) exportation from the United Kingdom to any destination outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man; “exporter” and other cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• F1“general” in relation to a licence, means not granted to a particular person but available for use generally;

• “in transit” means imported into the United Kingdom for transit or transhipment; “transit or transhipment” means transit through the United Kingdom or transhipment with a view to re-exportation of the controlled radioactive sources in question.

• F2“licence user” means a person who is registered under article 6 to use a general licence or who is entitled to use a general licence without registration owing to the terms of that general licence;