Explanatory note

This Order applies section 1 of the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 to parts 374, 376, 379, 385 and 399 (in so far as those parts concern re-exports or exports from the United Kingdom) of the United States Export Administration Regulations.

Where section 1 of the 1980 Act is applied the Secretary of State may require persons in the United Kingdom who carry on business there (a) to notify him of any requirements or prohibitions imposed or threatened to be imposed on him pursuant to the measures to which section 1 has been applied; and (b) not to comply with any such requirement or prohibition—(sections 1(2) and (3) of the 1980 Act).