1. This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 6) Order 2000 and comes into force on 28th September 2000.

2. —(1) At the end of Article 1(3)(c) of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994( 3 ), there is added “or by regulation 14 of the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1996( 4 )”.

(2) The following text is substituted for Article 2 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994.

“ Prohibitions on exportation

2. —(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall export to any destination any goods of a description specified in Schedule 1 hereto.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall export to any destination any goods which—

(a) that person (or, if that person is not within the United Kingdom, any agent of that person within the United Kingdom concerned in the export or intended export) has been informed by a competent authority are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for use in connection with the development, production, handling, operation, maintenance, storage, detection, identification or dissemination of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, or the development, production, maintenance or storage of missiles capable of delivering such weapons, or

(b) that person is aware are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in sub-paragraph (a), or

(c) that person has grounds for suspecting are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in sub-paragraph (a), unless that person has made all reasonable enquiries as to their proposed use and is satisfied that they will not be so used.

(3) In paragraph (2)(a) above, “competent authority” means the Secretary of State or any authority empowered by another Member State of the European Communities to grant export authorisations for dual-use items under Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 1334/2000 of 22nd June 2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology ( 5 ) . ” .