{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-goods-control-order-2003/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-goods-control-order-2003/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2765",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade in Goods (Control) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-goods-control-order-2003",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Supply or delivery of restricted goods",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall directly or indirectly—\n(a) supply or deliver;\n(b) agree to supply or deliver; or\n(c) do any act calculated to promote the supply or delivery of,\nany restricted goods, where that person knows or has reason to believe that his action or actions will, or may, result in the removal of those goods from one third country to another third country.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this Order, no United Kingdom person shall directly or indirectly—\n(a) supply or deliver;\n(b) agree to supply or deliver; or\n(c) do any act calculated to promote the supply or delivery of,\nany restricted goods, where that person knows or has reason to believe that his action or actions will, or may, result in the removal of those goods from one third country to another third country.\n(3) Paragraph (1) applies to any act, or any part of any act, done in the United Kingdom.\n(4) Paragraph (2) applies to any act, or any part of any act, done outside the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man.\n(5) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to any restricted goods that are present in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man unless they are goods in transit.\n(6) For the purpose of paragraphs (1) and (2), restricted goods that are goods in transit shall be considered to be located in a third country.\n(7) Nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be taken to prohibit any activities authorised by a licence in writing granted by the Secretary of State under this Order or under any other order made under the Act, provided that all the conditions attaching to the licence are complied with.\n(8) Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) or 2(b) or (c) shall apply where the supply or delivery of the restricted goods to the person or place concerned is authorised by a licence in writing granted by the Secretary of State under this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/2271",
      "affecting_title": "The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1805",
      "affecting_title": "The Trade in Goods (Categories of Controlled Goods) Order 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1696",
      "affecting_title": "The Export Control (Security and Para-military Goods) Order 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2765/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:46:05.696919+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."
}