1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Trade Remedies (Increase in Imports Causing Serious Injury to UK Producers) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 25th September 2023.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(4) In these Regulations “the Safeguards Regulations” means the Trade Remedies (Increase in Imports Causing Serious Injury to UK Producers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1).
2.—(1) These Regulations apply in relation to—
(a)safeguarding investigations(2) under Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 initiated by the TRA after the commencement of these Regulations,
(b)reviews under Part 6 and investigations under Part 7A of the Safeguards Regulations—
(i)initiated by the TRA after the commencement of these Regulations;
(ii)initiated by the TRA but not completed before the commencement of these Regulations,
(c)a recommendation made by the TRA under Part 7 of the Safeguards Regulations—
(i)after the commencement of these Regulations;
(ii)before the commencement of these Regulations, where the Secretary of State has not made a decision in relation to that recommendation before the commencement of these Regulations, and
(d)a suspension application made under regulation 40(1) of the Safeguards Regulations after the commencement of these Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “initiated by the TRA” means—
(a)in the case of a safeguarding investigation, that the TRA has published a notice of its decision to initiate the investigation;
(b)in the case of a review under Part 6 of the Safeguards Regulations, that the TRA has published a notice of initiation of a review under that Part;
(c)in the case of an investigation under Part 7A of the Safeguards Regulations, that the TRA has published a notice of its initiation of an international dispute investigation under regulation 42C of those Regulations.
S.I. 2019/449, amended by S.I. 2019/1076, 1319, 2020/99, 730, 2021/783, 2022/414.
See paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 for the meaning of “safeguarding investigation”.