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  "node_id": "uk-export-control-act-2002",
  "title": "United Kingdom Export Control Act 2002: Export Controls, Transfer Controls, Technical Assistance Controls, Trade Controls, Restrictions, Order-Making Authority, and Annual Reporting",
  "domain": "Trade Compliance & Export Controls",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-28",
  "bluf": "The United Kingdom Export Control Act 2002, chapter 28 of 2002, is the principal United Kingdom statute authorising the Secretary of State to impose controls on the export of goods, the transfer of technology, the provision of technical assistance, and trade in controlled goods, and is administered through the Export Control Joint Unit within the Department for Business and Trade. Export Control Act 2002, section 1 confers power to impose export controls on goods. Export Control Act 2002, section 2 confers power to impose transfer controls on technology. Export Control Act 2002, section 3 confers power to impose technical assistance controls. Export Control Act 2002, section 4 confers power to impose trade controls including trafficking and brokering. Export Control Act 2002, section 5 imposes general restrictions on control powers, requiring control orders to be exercised only for permitted purposes. Export Control Act 2002, section 6 sets out exceptions from those restrictions. Export Control Act 2002, section 7 provides supplementary control provisions. Export Control Act 2002, section 8 protects certain freedoms, ensuring that controls do not interfere unduly with rights protected under other law. Export Control Act 2002, section 9 requires guidance on exercising control functions. Export Control Act 2002, section 10 imposes annual reporting requirements requiring the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament a report on the operation of strategic export controls. Export Control Act 2002, section 11 contains the definitions and interpretation. Export Control Act 2002, section 12 grants the power to modify the Schedule listing categories of controlled goods, technology, and technical assistance. Export Control Act 2002, section 13 confers order-making authority. The principal subordinate orders include the Export Control Order 2008 and successor instruments. The Act is the controlling United Kingdom instrument for strategic export controls under United Kingdom trade compliance law.",
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