Part 2Amendment of the Dumping and Subsidisation Regulations

Chapter 7Amendment of Part 11 (miscellaneous)

Amendment of regulation 90 (extension of the period of a provisional remedy in a dumping investigation)

29.  In regulation 90—

(a)omit paragraph (2)(b) and the “and” preceding it;

(b)after paragraph (2), insert—

(2A) Where the TRA makes an extension recommendation in accordance with paragraph (1), it must advise the Secretary of State whether and why it considers that the extension of the application of the provisional remedy in accordance with its recommendation would meet the economic interest test (see paragraph 25 of Schedule 4 to the Act).;

(c)in paragraph (8), for the words from “the Secretary of State must” to the end, substitute “the Secretary of State must have regard to the TRA’s advice on whether the extension recommendation would meet the economic interest test”;

(d)in paragraph (10), after “rejects an extension recommendation”, insert “and does not make a decision under regulation 90A”;

Insertion of regulation 90A

30.  After regulation 90, insert—

Secretary of State’s power to apply an alternative remedy

90A.(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)the TRA makes an extension recommendation under regulation 90(1); and

(b)the Secretary of State rejects the recommendation.

(2) If the Secretary of State considers that it is in the public interest to do so, the Secretary of State may decide that the period of a provisional remedy, which has been applied in respect of goods in the case of a dumping investigation, should, subject to paragraph (3), be extended other than in accordance with the recommendation.

(3) The period of extension must not exceed the period referred to in paragraph 16(2) of Schedule 4 to the Act, and must begin on the day on which the provisional remedy would have otherwise expired.

(4) Where the Secretary of State makes a decision under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must—

(a)publish a notice containing the information set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 6;

(b)notify interested parties; and

(c)lay a statement before the House of Commons setting out the reasons for making the decision..