Export of Goods (Control) Order 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1967/675 |
| Year | 1967 |
1967 No. 675
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
The Export of Goods (Control) Order 196727thApril 1967
23rdMay 1967
The Board of Trade, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 1 of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939(a) hereby order as follows:—
Prohibitions and restrictions on exportation
1. Subject to the provisions of this Order—
(i) goods of a description included in Schedule 1 hereto and therein indicated by the letter A are prohibited to be exported from the United Kingdom or shipped as ships' stores;
(ii) goods of a description included in the said Schedule but not therein indicated by the letter A are prohibited to be exported from the United Kingdom to any port or destination other than a port or destination in the Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of South Africa or the United States of America, or to be shipped as ships' stores;
and
(iii) goods of any other description are prohibited to be exported from the United Kingdom to any destination in Southern Rhodesia.
Exceptions
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this Article, nothing in Article 1 of this Order shall be taken to prohibit the exportation of—
Licensed exports and permitted ships' stores
(a) any goods under the authority of a licence granted by the Board of Trade, or the shipment of any goods as ships' stores with the permission of the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the port of departure for use on board the ship provided that all conditions attaching to the said licence or the said permission are complied with;
Samples
(b) trade samples of any goods, if the samples have no saleable value and they are exported as sample packets in compliance with the provisions of the Post Office Acts, and of the Customs Acts, and of any Treasury Warrant or Post Office Regulations for the time being in force, and of any other rules or regulations respecting the transmission of articles by post which may for the time being be in force in the United Kingdom or in the countries or places to which such goods may be addressed;
Aircraft
(c) (i) any aircraft registered outside the United Kingdom which is being re-exported after temporary importation into the United Kingdom, provided that there has been no change of ownership or registration since such importation;
(a) 1939 c. 69.
(ii) any aircraft engaged on a scheduled journey as defined in section 24(2) of the Air Corporations Act 1949(a);
Hover vehicles
(d) any hover vehicle, that is to say a vehicle designed to be supported on a cushion of air, engaged on a scheduled journey as defined in section 24(2) of the Air Corporations Act 1949;
Firearms and Ammunition
(e) firearms and ammunition, not being goods of a description included in Group 9 of Schedule 1 hereto, authorised to be held by a valid firearm certificate granted under section 1(1) of the Firearms Act 1920(b) or section 2 of the Firearms Act 1937(c) and forming part of the personal effects of the holder, if the certificate is produced by the holder with the firearms and ammunition to the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the port of exportation;
Channel Islands
(f) any goods other than
(i) goods of a description included in Group 1 in Schedule 1 hereto;
and
(ii) goods falling within the description of articles manufactured or produced more than 100 years before the date of exportation which is set out in Group 9 in the said Schedule;
to any port or destination in the Channel Islands;
Diamonds
(g) diamonds, unmounted, exported—
(i) by registered letter post, insured box post or air freight, to any destination; or
(ii) by insured parcel post to any destination in any territory which is for the time being one of the scheduled territories as defined in the Exchange Control Act 1947(d);
Diamond Jewellery
(h) articles mounted or set with diamonds, being personal jewellery owned by and in the baggage of or worn or carried by a person leaving the United Kingdom, but not including any article made more than 100 years before the date of exportation;
Strategic Goods
(i) any goods the re-exportation of which is authorised by a licence granted by the Board of Trade under the Control of Goods (Import Certificates) Order 1951(e) if the said licence is duly produced to the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the port of shipment or, if the goods are exported by post, to an officer of the Post Office at which they are posted;
Live Cattle, Sheep and Swine
(j) (i) any animal in respect of which there is duly produced to the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the place of export a licence granted under Article 9(1)(a) of the Exported Animals Protection Order 1964(f);
(a) 1949 c. 91.
(b) 1920 c. 43.
(c) 1937 c. 12.
(d) 1947 c. 14.
(e) S.I. 1951/1016 (1951 III, p. 548).
(f) S.I. 1964/704 (1964 II, p. 1352).
(ii) live cattle, sheep and swine from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland;
Gifts
(k) any goods of a description included in Group 9 of Schedule 1 hereto or eggs, in shell, of domestic poultry, which are contained in a parcel:
Provided that—
(i) the parcel is exported by parcel post;
(ii) the goods are the bona fide gift of an individual, who is named and described on the outside of the parcel as the sender (hereinafter called the "donor") to an individual to whom the parcel is addressed for the benefit of that individual absolutely;
(iii) the value of all the goods in the parcel does not exceed £25;
(iv) the parcel does not contain any goods which are not a bona fide individual gift;
(v) any declaration required to be made in relation to the parcel contains a full and accurate description by the donor of all the goods contained therein and states that all those goods constitute unsolicited gifts.
In this paragraph "individual" does not include a body corporate or unincorporate or more than one natural person.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be taken to permit the exportation from the United Kingdom to any destination in Southern Rhodesia of any goods the exportation of which is prohibited by the Southern Rhodesia (Prohibited Trade and Dealings) Order 1966(a) as from time to time amended, and nothing in sub-paragraphs (b), (g) and (j)(i) of the said paragraph (1) shall be taken to permit the exportation of trade samples, diamonds or animals to any destination in Southern Rhodesia.
Customs powers to demand evidence of destination which goods reach
3. Any exporter or any shipper of goods which have been exported from the United Kingdom shall if so required by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, furnish within such time as they may allow, proof to their satisfaction that the goods have reached either—
(i) a destination to which they were authorised to be exported by a licence granted for the purposes of this Order, or
(ii) a destination to which their exportation was not prohibited by this Order;
and, if he fails to do so, he shall incur a Customs penalty of five hundred pounds unless he proves that he did not consent to or connive at the goods reaching any destination other than such a destination as aforesaid.
Offences in connection with applications for licences, etc.
4. If for the purpose of obtaining any licence or permission for the exportation or shipment as ships' stores of any goods any person makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material particular he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and any licence or permission which may have been granted for the exportation or shipment as ships' stores of any goods, in
(a) S.I. 1966/1595 (1966 III, p. 5020).
connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information furnished, shall be void as from the time it was granted.
Declaration as to goods: powers of search
5.—(1) Any person who, on any occasion, is about to leave the United Kingdom shall, if on that occasion he is required to do so by an officer of Customs and Excise—
(a) declare whether or not he has with him any goods the export of which from the United Kingdom is subject to any prohibition or restriction under this Order; and
(b) produce any such goods as aforesaid which he has with him;
and such officer, and any person acting under his directions, may search that person for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has with him any such goods as aforesaid:
Provided that no female shall be searched in pursuance of this paragraph except by a female.
(2) Where at any place in the United Kingdom, any person is on any occasion found in circumstances in which it is reasonable to suppose that on that occasion he has communicated, or intends to communicate, with a person about to leave the United Kingdom, the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply in relation to the person so found as they apply in relation to a person about to leave the United Kingdom; and where any person is on any occasion found travelling in the United Kingdom to or from any place in such circumstances as aforesaid, the said provisions shall apply in relation to him as they would apply if, when so found, he had been about to leave the United Kingdom.
(3) Any person who refuses to make a declaration, fails to produce any goods or refuses to allow himself to be searched in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Article, or who makes a declaration which is false in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a Customs penalty of one hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
Overlapping descriptions
6. Where any goods fall within a description included in Schedule 1 hereto and therein indicated by the letter A and also fall within a description included as...
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