(5) The Secretary of State may by order make provision in connection with any controls that may be imposed by a directly applicable Community provision on, or on activities which facilitate or are otherwise connected with, the acquisition, disposal or movement of goods.
(6) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) a person acquires goods if he buys, hires or borrows them or accepts them as a gift; and
- (b) a person disposes of goods if he sells, lets on hire, lends or gives them.
(7) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) the making of an agreement with another to acquire, dispose of or move goods, and
- (b) the making of arrangements under which another person—
- (i) acquires, disposes of move goods; or
- (ii) agrees with a third person to acquire, dispose of or move goods,
are activities which facilitate the acquisition, disposal or movement of the goods.
(8) Trade controls may be imposed on acts done outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, but only if they are done by a person who is, or is acting under the control of, a United Kingdom person.
5General restriction on control powers
(1) Subject to section 6, the power to impose export controls, transfer controls, technical assistance controls or trade controls may only be exercised where authorised by this section.
(2) Controls of any kind may be imposed for the purpose of giving effect to any Community provision or other international obligation of the United Kingdom.
(3) In subsection (2) “international obligation” includes an obligation relating to a joint action or common position adopted, or a decision taken, by the Council under Title V of the Treaty on European Union (provisions on a common foreign and security policy).
(4) Export controls may be imposed in relation to any description of goods within one or more of the categories specified in the Schedule for such controls.
(5) Transfer controls may be imposed in relation to any description of technology within one or more of the categories specified in the Schedule for such controls.
(6) Technical assistance controls may be imposed in relation to any description of technical assistance within one or more of the categories specified in the Schedule for such controls.
(7) Trade controls may be imposed in relation to any description of goods within one or more of the categories specified in the Schedule for such controls.
6Exceptions from the general restriction
(1) Section 5 does not apply to the power to impose any controls if the control order which imposes them provides for its expiry no later than the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which it is made.
