The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument amend subordinate legislation in order to implement Article 8.6 of the CPTPP (no less favourable treatment of conformity assessment bodies located in territories of other CPTPP parties etc).

Regulations under this section may include consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision.

A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

In this section—

• “Article 8.6 of the CPTPP” means Article 8.6 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, signed at Auckland on 4 February 2016, as incorporated, by reference, into and made part of the CPTPP by Article 1 of the CPTPP;

• “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978.