The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025

9 Amendments to Category 1 - Special Materials and Related Equipment

(1) The section headed Category 1 - Special Materials and Related Equipment is amended as follows. (2) In the section headed 1A Systems, Equipment and Components— (a) in Note 2 to entry 1A002, after “semi-finished items” omit “,”; (b) in the Technical Note to entry 1A007.b., for “vaporization” substitute “vaporisation”; (c) at the end of entry 1A008.a.2., insert— Technical Note: For the purposes of 1A008.a., ‘shaped charges’ are explosive charges shaped to focus the effects of the explosive blast. ; (d) in entry 1A008.d., omit the Technical Note; (e) in entry 1A202— (i) after “form of” insert “thin-walled”; (ii) for “both” substitute “all”; (f) in entry 1A202.a.— (i) for “400” substitute “650”; (ii) at the end, omit “and”; (g) in entry 1A202— (i) after paragraph a insert— b. | A thickness of 12mm or less; and ; (ii) renumber as paragraph c the paragraph starting with the words “Made with any”; (h) in entry 1A225— (i) for “Platinized” substitute “Wet-proofed platinised”; (ii) after “tritium from” omit “heavy”; (iii) after “the production” insert “or upgrading”; (iv) at the end, insert— Technical Note: In heavy water moderated reactors, upgraders maintain the heavy water concentration in the reactor core. Wet-proofed platinised catalysts can also be used to upgrade heavy water. . (3) In the section headed 1B Test, Inspection and Production Equipment— (a) in entry 1B001.e., for “prepegs” substitute “prepregs”; (b) in the Technical Notes to entry 1B001.g.— (i) after the heading “Technical Notes:”, on a new line insert “For the purposes of 1B001.:”; (ii) in paragraph 1— (aa) for “For the purposes of 1B001, ‘primary” substitute “‘Primary”; (bb) for “the position” substitute “is the positioning”; (iii) in paragraph 2, for “For the purposes of 1B001, a” substitute “ A”; (c) in entry 1B228.a., for “temperatures of 35 K (-238°C) or less” substitute “temperatures in the range of 15 K (-258°C) to 35 K (-238°C)”; (d) in entry 1B228.b., for “of 0,5 to 5 MPa” substitute “in the range of 0,1 MPa to 1 MPa”; (e) for entry 1B228.c.1., substitute “Austenitic stainless steel; or”; (f) in entry 1B228.c.2.— (i) for “Equivalent materials” substitute “‘Equivalent materials’”; (ii) after “hydrogen (H2)-compatible” insert “between 15 K (-258°C) and 35 K (-238°C)”; (g) for the Technical Note to entry 1B228, substitute— Technical Notes: 1. | In 1B228.c.2. ‘equivalent materials’ could include, but are not limited to the following materials: a. | aluminium, b. | aluminium alloys, c. | copper alloys, d. | nickel alloys, and e. | titanium alloys. 2. | In 1B228.d. ‘effective length’ means the active height of packing material in a packed-type column, or the active height of internal contractor plates in a plate-type column. . (4) In the section headed 1C Materials— (a) in paragraph a of the Technical Note in entry 1C, at the beginning, after “i.e.” omit “:”; (b) in the Note to entry 1C001.b., after “materials” omit “,”; (c) in entry 1C002.c.1.a.— (i) after “i.e.” insert “,”; (ii) at the end, insert— Note: 1C002.c.1.a. includes nickel alloys qualified for aero, aero-derivative, industrial or marine gas turbine engines. ; (d) in entry 1C002.c.2.g., omit “or”; (e) in entry 1C002.c.2.h. for “and” substitute “or”; (f) after entry 1C002.c.2.h., insert— i. | ‘Ultrasonic atomisation’; and ; (g) in the Technical Notes at the end of entry 1C002, for paragraph 10, substitute— 10. ‘Ultrasonic atomisation’ is a process to reduce a molten stream of metal alloy to droplets of 500 μm diameter or less by ultrasonic vibration. 11. For the purposes of 1C002 Technical Notes, ‘solidify rapidly’ is a process involving the solidification of molten material at cooling rates exceeding 1 000 K/s. ; (h) in entry 1C005.b.1., for “(-263,31°C)” substitute “(-263,3°C)”; (i) in entry 1C005.b.2., for “(-268,96°C)” substitute “(-268,95°C)”; (j) in entry 1C005.c., for “(-158,16°C)” substitute “(-158,15°C)”; (k) in the Note to entry 1C010.b., in paragraph a.3., for “15 mm.” substitute “15 mm;”; (l) in entry 1C010.e.2.c., for “phenolic resin;” substitute “phenolic resin.”; (m) in Note 2 to entry 1C010.e., in paragraph a, for “following;” substitute “following:”; (n) in the Technical Notes to entry 1C010.e.2., in paragraph 2, after “7028-07” omit “,”; (o) at the end of entry 1C011.d., for “.” substitute “;”; (p) in the N.B. at the end of entry 1C011— (i) for “See also Military Goods Controls for” substitute “For”; (ii) after “military purposes”, insert “, see Military Goods Controls”; (q) in Technical Note 1 to entry 1C116, in paragraph 1, for “nickel, very low carbon content” substitute “nickel content, carbon content of less than or equal to 0,03% by weight,”; (r) in Note 3 to entry 1C350, for “.88 and .89” substitute “.88, .89 and .90”; (s) in entry 1C351.d.1., for “toxins” substitute “neurotoxins”.