(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision in connection with the trade restrictions against North Korea specified in Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1509 of 30 August 2017, as last amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/87 of 22 January 2018 (OJ No. LI 16I, 22.01.2018, p.1) ("the North Korea Regulation"). This Order revokes articles 4 to 16 of the Export Control (North Korea Sanctions and Iran, Ivory Coast and Syria Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/83).
Article 4 provides for the granting of licences for the purposes of the provisions of the North Korea Regulation which allow a competent authority to authorise trade related activities which would otherwise be prohibited. The competent authority for these purposes is the Secretary of State. A licence granted by the Secretary of State may be varied, suspended or revoked. Article 4(7) makes it an offence to knowingly or recklessly provide false information for the purpose of obtaining a licence