Amended UK export control law to come into force at end of March

On 31^st March, the UK Export Control (Military and Dual-Use Lists) (Amendment) Regulation will come into force.

The Regulations amend Schedule 2 and 3 to the Export Control Order 2008 (‘the 2008 Order’) and Annex I to the retained Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast), to reflect ‘changes to the UK’s international export control commitments and addresses minor drafting errors and preferences.’

Key changes include:

• Amendments to reflect changes to the Wassenaar Arrangement munitions list, which were most recently agreed in December 2022. 
• Amendments to Annex I to the retained Dual-Use Regulation which lists dual-use goods, software and technology subject to export controls. These amendments reflect changes to the Wassenaar Arrangement dual-use list as well as changes to the control lists administered by other multilateral export control regimes, including the Australia Group and the Missile Technology Control Regime, most recently agreed in December 2021.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/302/introduction/made