PART 1 Introductory

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Export Control (North Korea Sanctions and Iran, Ivory Coast and Syria Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 22nd February 2017.

Revocation

^M5 2. The Export Control (North Korea and Ivory Coast Sanctions and Syria Amendment) Order 2013 is revoked.

Application

3. An offence may be committed under this Order—

(a) in the United Kingdom by any person;

(b) elsewhere by any person who is a United Kingdom person within the meaning of section 11 of the Export Control Act 2002.

Interpretation

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PART 2 Offences relating to prohibitions in the North Korea Regulation

Offences related to items listed in Annexes I, Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, If and Ig

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Offences related to any item except food and medicine destined for North Korea's or another State's armed forces

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Offences related to goods and technology in the Common Military List and items listed in Annexes I, Ia and Ib

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Offences related to luxury goods listed in Annex III

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Offences related to gold, precious metals and diamonds listed in Annex VII

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Offences related to North Korean denominated banknotes and minted coinage

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Offences related to commercial activity associated with North Korea

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Offences related to financing or financial assistance for trade with North Korea relating to nuclear or ballistic-missile programmes

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PART 3 Supplementary offences

Circumvention of prohibitions in the North Korea Regulation

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Offences related to an EU authorisation

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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

^M6 17. The Export Control Order 2008 is amended as follows—

(a) in Part 2 of Schedule 4, omit “Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)”; and

(b) in Part 4 of Schedule 4—

(i) after “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”, insert “Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)”; and

(ii) after “Sri Lanka”, insert “ Syria ” .

Amendment to the Export Control (Iran Sanctions) Order 2016

^M7 18. In article 14(3) of the Export Control (Iran Sanctions) Order 2016 —

(a) in paragraph (a), after “EU authorisation”, insert “ or licence ” ; and

(b) in paragraph (b), after “EU authorisation”, insert “ or licence ” .

Amendment to the Export Control (Syria Sanctions Order) 2013

^M8 19. The Export Control (Syria Sanctions) Order 2013 is amended as follows—

(a) in article 4, for “a person shall not (directly or indirectly) export, supply or transfer” substitute “ a person commits an offence and may be arrested if that person (directly or indirectly) exports, supplies or transfers ” ; and

(b) in article 5(1), for “a person shall not (directly or indirectly) provide” substitute “ a person commits an offence and may be arrested if that person (directly or indirectly) provides ” .

PART 6 General

Review

20. —(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of this Order;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of the North Korea Regulation and the measures taken to implement them in other member States.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of the North Korea Regulation established by this Order and the measures taken to implement them;

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this Order must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force.

(5) Reports under this Order are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.