The Export Control (Iran Sanctions) Order 2016

Made: 12th April 2016

Laid before Parliament: 15th April 2016

Coming into force: 6th May 2016

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PART 1 — Introductory

Citation, commencement and revocation

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Application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Offences relating to prohibitions in the Iran Sanctions Regulation

Offences related to goods and technology listed in Annex I and investment in Iranian uranium mining and materials listed in Part 1 of the Nuclear Suppliers Group list

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Offences related to goods and technology listed in Annex II

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Offences related to goods and technology listed in Annex III or any other item that could contribute to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems

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Offences related to goods and technology listed in the Common Military List

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Offences related to the software listed in Annex VIIA

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Offences related to graphite and raw or semi-finished metals as listed in Annex VIIB

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PART 3 — Offences relating to prohibitions in the Iran Human Rights Regulation

Offences related to equipment listed in Annex III

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Offences related to equipment, technology and software listed in Annex IV

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PART 4 — Supplementary provisions as to offences

Circumvention of prohibitions in the Iran Sanctions Regulation

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Circumvention of prohibitions in the Iran Human Rights Regulation

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Offences related to an EU authorisation or a licence under this Order

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PART 5 — Enforcement and penalties

Penalties

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Application of the 1979 Act

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PART 6 — Miscellaneous amendments

Amendment to the Export Control (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol Sanctions) Order 2014

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Amendment to the Export Control Order 2008 in relation to the Central African Republic

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PART 7 — General

Review

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Signed

Anna Soubry — Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise — 2016-04-12

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1994/757, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

[^f00003]: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, Schedule, Part 1.

[^f00004]: 2002 c.28.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2012/1243, as amended by S.I. 2013/340 and S.I. 2015/1625.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2013/340.

[^f00007]: S.I. 2015/1625.

[^f00008]: 1979. c.2.

[^f00009]: OJ No L 100, 14.4.2011, p.1. This Regulation was last amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/548 (OJ No L 92, 8.4.2015, p.1).

[^f00010]: OJ No L 88, 24.3.2012, p.1. This Regulation was last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1861 (OJ No L 274, 18.10.2015, p.1).

[^f00011]: S.I. 2008/3231. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/2151 and 2012/1910.

[^f00012]: 2003 c.44. At the date of this Order, section 154(1) had not been commenced.

[^f00013]: Section 77A was inserted by the Finance Act 1987 (c.16), section 10 and amended by Schedule 1, paragraph 7 of the Customs and Excise (Single Market etc.) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3095).

[^f00014]: Section 138 was amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60), sections 114(1) and 119, Schedule 6, paragraph 37 and Schedule 7, Part 1; by the Finance Act 1988 (c.39), section 11; by the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341), article 90(1) and Schedule 6, paragraph 9; and by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15), Schedule 7, paragraph 54.

[^f00015]: Section 145 was amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, section 114(1); by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11), sections 50(6), 52(2), Schedule 4, paragraphs 20 and 23; and by the Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014/834, Schedule 2, paragraph 2(a).

[^f00016]: Section 146 was modified by the Channel Tunnel (Customs and Excise) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2167), article 4 and the Schedule, paragraph 22.

[^f00017]: Section 146A was inserted by the Finance Act 1989 (c.26), section 16(1) and amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, section 50(6), Schedule 4, paragraphs 20 and 24 and by the Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014/834, Schedule 2, paragraph 2(b).

[^f00018]: Section 147 was amended by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43), section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 176; by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48), sections 77 and 78, Schedule 14, paragraph 42 and Schedule 16; by the Finance Act 1989, section 16(2), (4), 187, Schedule 17, Part I; and by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44) Schedule 37(4), paragraph 1.

[^f00019]: Section 150 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, Schedule 4, paragraphs 20 and 25 and by the Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014/834, Schedule 2, paragraph 2(a).

[^f00020]: Section 151 was amended by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 177.

[^f00021]: Section 152 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, sections 50(6) and 52(1) and (2), Schedule 4, paragraphs 20 and 26 and Schedule 5.

[^f00022]: Section 154 was modified by the Channel Tunnel (Customs and Excise) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2167), article 4 and the Schedule, paragraph 23.

[^f00023]: Section 155 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, sections 50(6), 52(2), Schedule 4, paragraphs 20, 21(j) and 27 and Schedule 5.

[^f00024]: S.I. 2014/2357, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/2932, S.I. 2015/97 and S.I. 2015/1933.

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