PART 1 U.K.International trade agreements

5Interpretation of Part 1U.K.

(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.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1S. 5 in force at 6.5.2021 by S.I. 2021/550, reg. 2(d)