PART 1International trade agreements

5Interpretation of Part 1

(1)

In this Part—

“appropriate authority” means—

(a)

a Minister of the Crown, or

(b)

a devolved authority;

“devolved authority” means—

(a)

the Scottish Ministers,

(b)

the Welsh Ministers, or

(c)

a Northern Ireland department;

“free trade agreement” means an agreement that is or was notifiable under—

(a)

paragraph 7(a) of Article XXIV of GATT, or

(b)

paragraph 7(a) of Article V of GATS;

“GATS” means the General Agreement on Trade in Services, part of Annex 1B to the WTO Agreement (as modified from time to time);

“GATT” means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, part of Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement (as modified from time to time);

“primary legislation” means—

(a)

an Act of Parliament,

(b)

an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

(c)

a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru, or

(d)

Northern Ireland legislation;

“subordinate legislation” has the meaning given in section 20(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;

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

(2)

In this Part a reference to being a signatory to an international trade agreement includes a reference to—

(a)

exchanging instruments, where the exchange constitutes the agreement;

(b)

acceding to the agreement.

(3)

In this Part a reference to a draft of regulations being laid is a reference to a draft of the regulations, or a draft of the instrument containing the regulations, being laid before—

(a)

each House of Parliament, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(1) or 5 of Schedule 2 applies;

(b)

the Scottish Parliament, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 applies;

(c)

Senedd Cymru, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 2 applies;

(d)

the Northern Ireland Assembly, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 2 applies.

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(5)

In this section, “domestic law” means the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.