The Export Control (Venezuela Sanctions) Order 2018

Made: 29th January 2018

Laid before Parliament: 1st February 2018

Coming into force: 26th February 2018

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PART 1 — Introductory

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Offences in relation to prohibitions in the Venezuela Sanctions Regulation

Offences related to goods and technology in the EU Common List of Military Equipment

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Offences related to items listed in Annex I of the Venezuela Sanctions Regulation

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Offence related to items listed in Annex II of the Venezuela Sanctions Regulation

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PART 3 — Supplementary offences

Circumvention of prohibitions in the Venezuela Sanctions Regulation

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Offences related to EU authorisations

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PART 4 — Enforcement and penalties

Penalties

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Application of the 1979 Act

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PART 5 — Miscellaneous

Amendment to the Export Control Order 2008

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PART 6 — General

Review

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Signed

Liam Fox — Secretary of State for International Trade — 2018-01-29

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]: 1979 c. 2.

[^f00006]: OJ No L 295, 14.11.2017, p. 21.

[^f00007]: OJ No C 129, 21.4.2015, p. 1.

[^f00008]: 2003 c.44. At the date of this Order, section 154(1) had not been commenced.

[^f00009]: Section 68(3)(b) was amended by the Finance Act 1988 (c.39), section 12(1)(a); by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c.4), Schedule 17, Part 2, paragraph 8(4)(a); and by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c.12), section 111(7)(a).

[^f00010]: Section 170(3)(b) was amended by the Finance Act 1988, section 12(1)(a); by the Import of Seal Skins Regulations 1996/2686, regulation 4(2)(a); by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, Schedule 17, Part 2, paragraph 8(5)(a); and by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, section 111(4)(a).

[^f00011]: Section 77A was inserted by the Finance Act 1987 (c.16), section 10 and amended by the Customs and Excise (Single Market etc.) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3095), paragraph 7 of Schedule 1.

[^f00012]: 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.

[^f00013]: 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 (S.I. 2014/834), Schedule 2, paragraph 2(a).

[^f00014]: Section 146 was modified by the Channel Tunnel (Customs and Excise) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2167), the Schedule, paragraph 22.

[^f00015]: 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, by the Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order, Schedule 2, paragraph 2(b) and by the Finance Act 2016 sections 174(1) and (2).

[^f00016]: 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, sections 16(2) and (4) and 187, Schedule 17, Part I; and by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), Schedule 37(4), paragraph 1.

[^f00017]: 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, the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order (S.I. 2014/834), Schedule 2, paragraph 2(a) and the Finance Act 2016 sections 174(1) and (3).

[^f00018]: Section 151 was amended by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 177.

[^f00019]: 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.

[^f00020]: Section 154 was modified by the Channel Tunnel (Customs and Excise) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2167), article 4 and the Schedule, paragraph 23.

[^f00021]: 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.

[^f00022]: S.I. 2008/3231. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/1305, 2009/2969, 2010/2007, 2011/1304, 2015/1546, 2016/503, 2016/992, 2017/85, 2017/193 and 2017/697.

Editorial notes