{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libya-united-nations-sanctions-order-1992/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libya-united-nations-sanctions-order-1992/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/975",
  "legislation_title": "The Libya (United Nations Sanctions) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libya-united-nations-sanctions-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order shall have effect as if the Isle of Man were a part of the United Kingdom, and, unless the contrary intention appears, references to the United Kingdom shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) In this Order the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:\n“arms” includes conventional, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles;\n“body corporate” includes a Scottish partnership and, in relation to such a partnership, any reference to a director or other officer of a body corporate is a reference to a partner;\n“enactment” includes an Act of Tynwald and any provision contained in such an Act;\n“export” includes shipment as stores and, in relation to any aircraft, includes the taking out of the United Kingdom of the aircraft notwithstanding that it is conveying goods or passengers and whether or not it is moving under its own power; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“indictment”(in respect of the Isle of Man) includes information;\n“Libyan aircraft” means (a) any aircraft registered in Libya; and (b) any other aircraft for the time being chartered to a person connected with Libya;\n“person connected with Libya” means\n(i) the Government of Libya;\n(ii) any other person in, or resident in, Libya;\n(iii) any body incorporated or constituted under the law of Libya;\n(iv) any body, wherever incorporated or constituted, which is controlled by the Government of Libya, any other person in, or resident in, Libya or any body incorporated in or constituted under the law of Libya; and\n(v) any person acting on behalf of any of the above mentioned persons;\n“shipment”(and cognate expressions) and “stores” shall have the meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;\n“vessel” shall have the meaning it bears in the Export of Goods (Control)Order 1991.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/2666, to which there has been an amendment not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/975/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:23:46.255633+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."
}