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The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2021 

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# 2021 No. 586 

# CUSTOMS 

# TRADE 

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 of the Export Control Act 2002( a ). 

## Citation and commencement 

1.  This Order may be cited as the Export Control (Amendment) Order 2021 and comes into force on 7th June 2021. 

## Amendments to the Export Control Order 2008 

2. —(1) The Export Control Order 2008( b ) is amended as follows. 

(2) Schedule 2 (military goods, software and technology) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (21). 

(3) Under the heading “Definitions”— 

(a) before the definition of “Deactivation Regulation”, insert— 

““cyber incident response” means the process of exchanging necessary information or “software” on a cybersecurity incident with individuals or organisations responsible for conducting or coordinating remediation to address the cybersecurity incident;”; 

(b) before the definition of “end-effectors”, insert— 

““digital computer” means equipment which can, in the form of one or more discrete variables, perform all of the following: 

a. accept data, 

b. store data or instructions in fixed or alterable (writable) storage, 

c. process data by means of a stored sequence of instructions which is modifiable, and 

d. provide output of data; 

