These Regulations, which come into force in accordance with regulation 2, amend legislation implementing the strategic export controls of the United Kingdom.
Part 2 amends the Export Control Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3231, as amended) to amend two cross-references to Regulation (EU) 2019/125 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (OJ No. L 30, 31.1.2019, p .1, as amended; “the torture Regulation”).
Part 3 amends the Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/137), regulation 4 of which, for the most part, amends the Export Control Order 2008 on IP completion day (31st December 2020 at 11pm), in consequence of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement.
Source: HMSO.