The Export Control (Uzbekistan) Order 2005
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2005/3257 |
| Year | 2005 |
2005 No. 3257
CUSTOMS
The Export Control (Uzbekistan) Order 2005
Made 23th November 2005
Laid before Parliament 25th November 2005
Coming into force 26th November 2005
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 20021:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Export Control (Uzbekistan) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 26th November 2005.
(2) In this Order—
“the 2003 Order” means the Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) Order 20032;
“the Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005of 14 November 20053; and
“the customs and excise Acts”, “assigned matter” and “prescribed sum” have the same meanings as in section 1 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 19794.
2. Any person who, except under the authority of a licence granted under this Order, infringes any of the following prohibitions in the Regulation:
(a) Article 2(a), prohibiting the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment, directly or indirectly, as listed in Annex I to the Regulation, whether or not originating in the Community, to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;
(b) Article 2(b), prohibiting the provision of technical assistance, related to the equipment listed in Annex I to the Regulation, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Uzbekistan;
(c) Article 2(c), prohibiting the provision of financing or financial assistance related to the equipment listed in Annex I to the Regulation, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Uzbekistan;
(d) Article 2(d), prohibiting the participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions referred to in Articles 2 (a), (b) or (c) of the Regulation;
(e) Article 3(a), prohibiting the provision of technical assistance related to military activities and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of arms and related materials of all types, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;
(f) Article 3(b), prohibiting the provision of financing or financial assistance related to military activities for any sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materials, or for any provision of related technical assistance and other services, directly or indirectly to any person, body or entity in, or for use in, Uzbekistan; or
(g) Article 3(c), prohibiting the participation, knowingly or intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to promote the transactions referred to in Article 3(a) and (b) of the Regulation,
shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested.
3. Any person who is knowingly concerned in the transactions set out in article 2 of this Order with intent to evade any prohibition in that article shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested.
4.—(1) Authorisation for the transactions set out in article 2 shall in the United Kingdom be by way of a licence in writing granted by the Secretary of State.
(2) If, for the purpose of obtaining a licence, any person—
(a)
(a) makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular, or
(b)
(b) recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence; and any licence granted in connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information furnished...
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