PART 1

International trade agreements

Interpretation of Part 1
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In this Part—
- “appropriate authority” means—
  1. a Minister of the Crown, or
  2. a devolved authority;
- “devolved authority” means—
  1. the Scottish Ministers,
  2. the Welsh Ministers, or
  3. a Northern Ireland department;
- “free trade agreement” means an agreement that is or was notifiable under—
  1. paragraph 7(a) of Article XXIV of GATT, or
  2. 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—
  1. an Act of Parliament,
  2. an Act of the Scottish Parliament,
  3. a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru, or
  4. 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.
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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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In this section, “domestic law” means the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
S. 5 in force at 6.5.2021 by S.I. 2021/550, reg. 2(d)
Words in s. 5(4) omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 98(4)