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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-nations-arms-embargoes-dependent-territories-order-1995/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1032",
  "legislation_title": "The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-nations-arms-embargoes-dependent-territories-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—\n“commander”, in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the flight crew designated as commander of the aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being in charge or command of the aircraft;\n“export” includes shipment as stores and, in relation to any vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft, includes the taking out of the Territory of the vessel, submersible vehicle or 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“the former Yugoslavia” means all territories which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom recognise as having been comprised within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 25th September 1991, and a certificate issued by or on behalf of the Governor shall be conclusive evidence as to whether any territory was so comprised on that date;\n“Gazette” means the official Gazette of the Territory;\n“Governor” means the Governor or other officer administering the Government of the Territory;\n“master”, in relation to a ship, includes any person (other than a pilot) for the time being in charge of the ship;\n“operator”, in relation to an aircraft or vehicle, means the person for the time being having the management of the aircraft or vehicle;\n“owner”, where the owner of a ship is not the operator, means the operator and any person to whom it is chartered;\n“person connected with a prohibited destination” means\n(i) the Government of any territory comprised within a prohibited destination;\n(ii) any other person in, or resident in, a prohibited destination;\n(iii) any body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of a prohibited destination;\n(iv) any body, wherever incorporated or constituted, which is controlled by the Government of any territory comprised within a prohibited destination, any other person in, or resident in, a prohibited destination, or any body incorporated in or constituted under the law of any part of a prohibited destination; and\n(v) any person acting on behalf of any of the above mentioned persons;\n“prohibited destination” means Liberia, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia or Rwanda;\n“ship” has the meaning it bears in section 742 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;\n“shipment” includes loading into an aircraft.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1894 c. 60."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/3123",
      "affecting_title": "The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) (Amendment) Order 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/946",
      "affecting_title": "The Liberia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1502",
      "affecting_title": "The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) (Amendment) (Sierra Leone) Order 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "word deleted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2631",
      "affecting_title": "The Somalia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1032/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:11:08.823780+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."
}