Paragraph 2 Interpretation

In this Order: —

• “to acquire” in relation to “controlled goods”, means to buy, hire, borrow or to accept them as a gift, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “the Act” means the Export Control Act 2002^f1;

• “controlled goods” means goods used and unused, for the time being listed in Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) Order 2003^f2 as extended to the Territory by the Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control)(Overseas Territories) Order 2004^f3, the transfer, acquisition or disposal of which are prohibited by this Order, but does not include goods which are “restricted goods”. For the avoidance of doubt, “controlled goods” does not include software and technology;

• “country” includes territory;

• “customs authorities” means the authorities which, under the law of the Territory, have responsibility for the control of imports and exports;

• “to dispose of” in relation to “controlled goods”, means to sell, let on hire, lend or to give them as a gift, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “goods in transit” means any controlled goods imported into the Territory for transit or transhipment;

• “restricted goods” means goods, both used and unused, specified in Schedule 4 which would otherwise be “controlled goods”, the supply and delivery of which are prohibited by this Order;

• “a third country” means any country that is not the Territory;

• “transfer” means to move “controlled goods” over which one has rights of disposal from one third country to another third country;

• “the UK Order” means the Trade in Goods (Control) Order 2003^f4; and

• “United Kingdom person” means a United Kingdom national or a body incorporated or constituted under the law of the Territory, and, for the purposes of this definition, a United Kingdom national is an individual who is ordinarily resident in the Territory and is a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British National (Overseas), a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981^f5 is a British subject, or a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.

Any reference in this Order to time after an event is a reference to a period of that length of time beginning on the day after that event.