Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 17th April 2015

Amendments to the Export Control Order 2008

2. —(1)The Export Control Order 2008( 2 ) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 4(1), for “Subject to articles 13, 14, 17, 18 and 26” substitute “Subject to articles 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 26”.

(3) In article 15(1), for “Nothing in article 3” substitute “Nothing in article 3 or 4”.

(4) In article 16—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “nothing in article 3” substitute “nothing in article 3 or 4”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(b), at the beginning, add “in the circumstances specified in Article 9(1)(a) (temporary export or re-export by hunters and sport shooters) of Council Regulation (EU) No 258/2012( 3 ),”.

(5) In Schedule 1, Part 2 (Category B goods), after paragraph 10, insert—

“ Non-military Firearms

10A. Firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition specified in entry PL9010 in Schedule 3. ”

(6) In Schedule 2 (Military goods, software and technology)—

(a) before the Note at the beginning of entry ML1, insert “N.B. Non-military firearms are controlled in PL9010 in Schedule 3.”;

(b) before entry a. in entry ML2, insert “N.B. Non-military firearms are controlled in PL9010 in Schedule 3.”;

(c) before entry a. in entry ML3, insert “N.B. Non-military firearms are controlled PL9010 in Schedule 3.”;

(d) in entry ML7.c.—

(i) in entry 3., for “Q-Isopropyl” substitute “O-Isopropyl”;

(ii) in entry 4., for “Chlorosoman O-Pinacolyl” substitute “Chlorosoman: O-Pinacolyl”;

(e) in entry ML8—

(i) in entry a.16.c., for “1-fluroro-2,4-dinitroimidazole” substitute “1-fluoro-2,4-dinitroimidazole”;

(ii) in entry a.21., for “RDA” substitute “RDX”;

(iii) in entry a.22., for “trianimoguanidinenitrate” substitute “triaminoguanidinenitrate”;

(iv) in entry b.7., for “Propellemts” substitute “Propellants”;

(v) in Note 3 to entry c.5., for “allows” substitute “alloys”;

(vi) in entry c.9., for “TiHn” substitute “TiH _n ”;

(vii) in entry e.12., for “pydroxyl” substitute “hydroxyl”;

(viii) in entry e.13.a., for “Poly(epichlorohydrin)” substitute “Poly(epichlorohydrindiol)”;

(ix) in entry e.13.b., for “Poly(epichlorohydrindiol)” substitute “Poly(epichlorohydrintriol)”;

(f) for entry ML13.b., substitute—

(7) In Schedule 3 (UK controlled dual-use goods, software and technology)—

(a) before the definition of “development”, insert—

“ “ammunition” means the complete round or the components thereof, including cartridge cases, primers, propellant powder, bullets or projectiles that are used in a “firearm”; ”

(b) after the definition of “energetic materials”, insert—

“ “essential components” means the breech-closing mechanism, the chamber and the barrel of a “firearm”, which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the “firearms” on which they are or are intended to be mounted; ”

(c) after the definition of “explosives”, insert—

“ “firearm” means any portable barrelled weapon that expels, is designed to expel or may be converted to expel, a short, bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant; ”

(d) after the definition of “lighter-than-air vehicles”, insert—

“ “parts” means any element or replacement element as referred to specifically designed for a “firearm” and essential to its operation, including a barrel, frame or received, slide or cylinder, bolt or breech block, and any device designed or adopted to diminish the sound caused by firing a “firearm ” ;

(e) after entry PL9009, insert—