Agriculture Act 2020

43 Power to make regulations for securing compliance with WTO Agreement on Agriculture: general

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations for the purpose of securing compliance with obligations of the United Kingdom under the Agreement on Agriculture.

(2) The provision which may be made under subsection (1) includes (among other things)—

(a) provision made in accordance with section 44 (limits on the amount of domestic support provided in the United Kingdom);

(b) provision falling within section 45 (classification of domestic support).

(3) Regulations under this section may—

(a) confer functions on a person other than the Secretary of State;

(b) provide for the Secretary of State to delegate functions;

(c) provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter.

(4) Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

(5) In this section and sections 44 and 45—

• “the Agreement on Agriculture” means the Agreement on Agriculture, part of Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement (as modified from time to time);

• “appropriate authority” means—

  (a)

  the Secretary of State, or

  (b)

  a devolved authority;

• “devolved authority” means—

  (a)

  the Scottish Ministers,

  (b)

  the Welsh Ministers, or

  (c)

  a Northern Ireland department;

• “domestic support” means subsidies or other financial support that is regarded as domestic support for the purposes of the Agreement on Agriculture;

• “the WTO Agreement” means the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994.