The Export Control (Syria Sanctions) Order 2013

Made: 12th August 2013

Laid before Parliament: 15th August 2013

Coming into force: 6th September 2013

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PART I — Introductory

Citation, Commencement and Application

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Revocations

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — UK Export and Brokering Controls

Export and transfer controls on equipment which might be used for internal repression

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Brokering controls on equipment which might be used for internal repression

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PART 3 — Offences in relation to the prohibitions of the Syria Regulation

Offences related to equipment and goods and technology listed in Annex I or IX or in the Common Military List of the European Union

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Offences related to equipment, technology and software listed in Annex V

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Offences related to crude oil and petroleum products listed in Annex IV

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Offences related to key equipment and technology listed in Annex VI

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Offences related to the movement of Syrian bank notes and coins

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Offences related to the movement of gold, precious metals and diamonds listed in Annex VIII

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Offences related to the movement of luxury goods to Syria

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Offences related to equipment and technology listed in Annex VII

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Offences related to restrictions on financing certain enterprises

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PART 4 — Supplementary Provisions as to Offences

Offences related to EU authorisations and UK Licenses

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Circumvention of prohibitions

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PART 5 — Enforcement and Penalties

Penalties

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Application of the 1979 Act

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PART 6 — General

Review

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SCHEDULE 1 — REVOCATIONS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Orders revoked	Reference	Extent of revocation
The Export Control (Syria and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2011	S.I. 2011/1304	Article 8
The Export Control (Syria Sanctions) and (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012	S.I. 2012/810	The whole Order
The Export Control (Syria and Burma Sanctions Amendment) and Miscellaneous Revocations Order 2012	S.I. 2012/2125	The whole Order

SCHEDULE 2 — LIST OF EQUIPMENT WHICH MIGHT BE USED FOR INTERNAL REPRESSION AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 4 AND 5

Definitions

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Equipment which might be used for internal repression

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Signed

Michael Fallon — Minister of State for Business and Enterprise — 2013-08-12

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]: OJ No L 16, 19.01.2012, p1; other relevant amending instruments are Council Regulation (EU) No 168/2012 (OJ No L 54, 28.2.2012, p1), Council Regulation (EU) No 509/2012 (OJ L 156, 16.6.2012, p10), Council Regulation (EU) No 545/2012 (OJ L 165, 26.6.2012, p 23), Council Regulation (EU) No 867/2012 (OJ No L 257, 25.9.2012, p1), Council Regulation (EU) No 325/2013 (OJ No L 102, 11.4.2013, p 1) and Council Regulation (EU) No 697/2013 (OJ No L 198, 23.7.2013, p28).

[^f00004]: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part I of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00005]: 2002 c.28.

[^f00006]: 1979 c.2.

[^f00007]: S.I.2008/3231; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/1305, S.I. 2009/1852, S.I. 2009/2151, S.I. 2009/2969, S.I. 2009/2748, S.I. 2010/121, S.I. 2010/2007, S.I. 2011/1043, S.I. 2011/1304, S.I. 2012/1910 and S.I. 2013/428.

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

[^f00009]: Sections 68(3)(b) and 170(3)(b) were amended by the Finance Act 1988 (c.39), section 12(1) and (6).

[^f00010]: Section 50(4)(b) was amended by the Finance Act 1988 (c.39), section 12(1) and (6).

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

[^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); and by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), sections 50(6), 52(2), Schedule 4, paragraphs 20 and 23.

[^f00014]: Section 146 was modified by the Channel Tunnel (Customs and Excise) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2167), article 4 and 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.

[^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; and by the Finance Act 1989, section 16(2), (4), 187, Schedule 17, Part I.

[^f00017]: Section 150 was amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, Schedule 4, paragraphs 20 and 25.

[^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. 2012/810 repealed the whole Order except articles 8 and 9.

[^f00023]: Article 4 of this Order has been revoked by S.I. 2013/1964.

[^f00024]: OJ L 134, 29.5.2009, p1 as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 388/2012 (OJ L 129, 16.5.2012, p12).

Editorial notes

Offences related to the movement of Syrian cultural property goods, etc including those listed in Annex XI

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Offences related to equipment and technology listed in Annex VII

Offences related to restrictions on financing certain enterprises

Offences related to jet fuel and fuel additives as identified in Annex Va

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Offences related to key equipment and technology listed in Annex VI

Offences related to the movement of Syrian bank notes and coins

Offences related to the movement of gold, precious metals and diamonds listed in Annex VIII

Offences related to the movement of luxury goods to Syria

Offences related to the movement of Syrian cultural property goods, etc including those listed in Annex XI

Offences related to equipment and technology listed in Annex VII

Offences related to restrictions on financing certain enterprises

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