Memorandum from the Department for Business,
Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Malcolm Wicks' letter of 22 July to Dr
Berry said that we hoped to send the Committee the first drafts
of the third tranche of the new legislation between mid September
and mid October. I am pleased to be able to enclose the first
extracts of these now. We have worked closely with NGO and industry
stakeholders on their technical aspects.
They cover the following three areas as announced
in the Government's further response:
— Trade controls: defining light
weapons and including them in Category B; moving long range missiles
from Category A into Category B;
— Transport: controlling the sole
provision of transport in relation to Category B goods;
— Transit and Transhipment: amending
the legislation so that licences will always be required for Category
A goods transiting or transhipping the UK; and so that licences
will be required for Category B goods for a specified list of
destinations of concern; and
— Receipt of fee or commission:
clarifying the definitions.
To assist the Committee in its consideration,
a brief explanatory note, together with the relevant extracts
from the draft legislation, is attached for each of these four
areas. However, please do not hesitate to contact us if the Committee
requires any additional information or clarification.
We anticipate that we will be able to circulate
a full first draft of the new consolidated Order in its entirety
towards the middle of this month. We will of course send this
as soon as we can. At that time, we will clarify exactly when
we will need the Committee's final comments in order to enable
us to lay the Order so that it comes into effect on 6 April
next year, but we will probably need them by the middle of October.
9 September 2008
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