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# The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 79
UNITED KINGDOM INTERNAL MARKET
The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2026
Made
29th January 2026
Coming into force
20th February 2026
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(2) of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (“the 2020 Act”), makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 10(7) and (9) of the 2020 Act, the Secretary of State has—
had regard to the importance of facilitating the access to the market within Great Britain of qualifying Northern Ireland goods; and
sought and obtained the consent of the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland to the making of these Regulations.
A draft of this instrument was laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with sections 10(8) and 57(1) of the 2020 Act.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2026.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which they are made.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

## 2 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 {#regulation-2}

In Schedule 1 to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (exclusions from market access principles), after paragraph 13 insert—
Glue traps
14. (1) The United Kingdom market access principles do not apply to (and sections 2(3) and 5(3) do not affect the operation of) legislation so far as it prohibits the sale of glue traps.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “glue trap” means any trap that is designed, or is capable of being used, to catch an animal other than an invertebrate and uses an adhesive substance as the means, or one of the means, of capture.
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