{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-goods-control-order-2003/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-goods-control-order-2003/article-8.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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Licence refusals etc. and appeals",
  "text": "(1) In the event that the Secretary of State decides not to grant a licence under this Order to any person who has applied for a licence, that person shall be provided with a written notification setting out the reason or reasons for the decision.\n(2) In the event that the Secretary of State decides to suspend a licence that has been granted under this Order, the licence holder shall be provided with a written notification setting out the terms of the suspension and the reason or reasons for the decision.\n(3) In the event that the Secretary of State decides to revoke a licence that has been granted under this Order, the licence holder shall be provided with a written notification setting out the reason or reasons for the decision.\n(4) Any person who has had a licence application refused under article 5 of this Order or who has had a licence suspended or revoked under that article shall have 28 calendar days from the date of the written notification in which to submit an appeal in writing to the Secretary of State, Export Control Organisation, Department of Trade and Industry, 4 Abbey Orchard Street, London SW1P 2HT.\n(5) Any appeal submitted under paragraph (4) shall specify the grounds on which that appeal is made and may provide further information or arguments in support of the appeal.\n(6) Pending determination of any appeal submitted under paragraph (4), any decision taken by the Secretary of State shall continue to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1331",
      "affecting_title": "The Export Control Order 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/3224",
      "affecting_title": "The Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families, for Innovation, Universities and Skills and for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2765/article/8",
    "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."
}