http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/10/section/5Trade Act 2021An Act to make provision about international trade agreements; to make provision establishing the Trade Remedies Authority and conferring functions on it; to make provision about the Trade and Agriculture Commission; and to make provision about the collection and disclosure of information relating to trade.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-02-10Expert Participation2024-01-01 PART 1 International trade agreementsInterpretation of Part 151In this Part—appropriate authority” means—a Minister of the Crown, ora devolved authority;devolved authority” means—the Scottish Ministers,the Welsh Ministers, ora Northern Ireland department;free trade agreement” means an agreement that is or was notifiable under—paragraph 7(a) of Article XXIV of GATT, orparagraph 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—an Act of Parliament,an Act of the Scottish Parliament,a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru, orNorthern 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 1994.2In this Part a reference to being a signatory to an international trade agreement includes a reference to—aexchanging instruments, where the exchange constitutes the agreement;bacceding to the agreement.3In 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—aeach House of Parliament, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(1) or 5 of Schedule 2 applies;bthe Scottish Parliament, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 applies;cSenedd Cymru, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 2 applies;dthe Northern Ireland Assembly, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 2 applies.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5In 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)
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