UK Offence Report

The Export Control (North Korea Sanctions and Iran, Ivory Coast and Syria Amendment) Order 2017

UK Statutory Instrument 2017 No. 83 — creates 15 criminal offences.

15offences created
0recorded in force
15revoked
Made
27 January 2017
In force from
22 February 2017
Extent
Not stated
Subject
International sanctions, export control and trade restrictions
Made under
European Communities Act 1972, Export Control Act 2002, Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order provides for the enforcement of trade restrictions against North Korea specified in Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ No L 88, 29.3.2007, p.1) (the “North Korea Regulation”) as last amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/80 (OJ No L 12, 17.1.2017, p.86). This Order revokes the Export Control (North Korea and Ivory Coast Sanctions and Syria Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3182). Articles 5 to 12 create offences for contravention of the trade restrictions in the North Korea Regulation. Article 13 creates offences for the circumvention of the trade restrictions in the North Korea Regulation. Article 14 supplements the provisions of the North Korea Regulation that allow a competent authority to authorise activities that are otherwise prohibited. Article 14(1) makes it an offence knowingly and recklessly to provide false information for the purpose of obtaining an authorisation and article 8(3) makes it an offence to fail to comply with authorisation requirements or conditions. Article 15 sets out the penalties relating to the offences in the Order. Article 16 applies the ancillary provisions relevant to the enforcement of customs and excise legislation to the enforcement of this Order. Article 17 omits Ivory Coast from the list in Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Export Control Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3231) and inserts it into the list in Part 4 of Schedule 4 to that Order, reflecting the fact that the Ivory Coast is no longer an embargoed destination. Article 18 makes a minor amendment to the Export Control (Iran Sanctions) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/503). Article 19 makes a minor amendment to the Export Control (Syria Sanctions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2012). This amendment, along with the amendment to the Export Control Order 2008 in article 17(b)(ii), re-enacts and therefore continues the amendments that were contained in the Export Control (North Korea and Ivory Coast Sanctions and Syria Amendment) Order 2013, which is revoked by this Order. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no or minimal impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies. A copy of the Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the Order on www.legislation.gov.uk. Further information is available from the Export Control Organisation, Department for International Trade, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET and on the gov.uk website (www.gov.uk).

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