The Trade Remedies (Increase in Imports as a Result of a Free Trade Agreement Causing Serious Injury to UK Producers) Regulations 2024
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(1) All references in these Regulations to Schedule 5 to the Act are to be read as references to that Schedule as applied by Schedule 5A to the Act. (2) In these Regulations— “the Act” means the Taxation (Cross-border) Trade Act 2018; “authentication visit” means a visit conducted by the TRA to any premises in the United Kingdom the principal purpose of which is to obtain information, verify information supplied to it or to facilitate the progress of a bilateral safeguarding investigation; “contributor” means a person other than an interested party who has made themselves known to the TRA for the purpose of participating in a bilateral safeguarding investigation or a review; “definitive bilateral safeguarding remedy” means a definitive bilateral safeguarding amount, a definitive suspension of tariff rate reduction or a tariff rate quota referred to in Part 4 of Schedule 5 to the Act; “directly competitive goods” means goods produced in the United Kingdom which are directly competitive with the goods identified, goods concerned or goods subject to review as appropriate; “goods concerned” means the goods described in the notice of initiation of a bilateral safeguarding investigation, referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1; “goods identified” means the goods in relation to which the Secretary of State is requesting the TRA to conduct a bilateral safeguarding investigation; “goods subject to review” means the goods described in the notice of initiation of a review, referred to in paragraph 8 of Schedule 1; “importer” of goods means a person liable to pay import duty in respect of the goods; “increased quantities” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Act; “interested party” means— a government of the relevant foreign country or territory, an overseas exporter or importer of the goods concerned or the goods subject to review or investigation, a trade or business association of producers, overseas exporters or importers of the goods concerned or the goods subject to review or investigation, a producer of the like goods or directly competitive goods in the United Kingdom, a trade or business association of UK producers of the like goods or directly competitive goods, or an overseas producer of the goods concerned or the goods subject to review; “international dispute investigation” means an investigation into whether the application to goods of a definitive bilateral safeguarding remedy should be maintained, varied, or revoked in light of an international dispute decision, required by the Secretary of State under regulation 38; “non-confidential summary” has the meaning given by regulation 16(6)(a); “overseas exporter” means a person outside of the United Kingdom that exports goods to the United Kingdom; “overseas producer” means a person outside of the United Kingdom that produces goods; “pace of liberalisation” means— in respect of a definitive bilateral safeguarding amount, or a definitive suspension of tariff rate reduction, the process by which the amount of import duty applicable to the goods becomes progressively smaller, in accordance with paragraph 17(5A) of Schedule 5 to the Act; in respect of a tariff rate quota, the process by which the amount of import duty applicable to goods becomes progressively smaller, or the amount of the quota becomes progressively larger, or both, in accordance with paragraph 18(6A) of Schedule 5 to the Act; “period of investigation” has the meaning given by regulation 6 (increased quantities); “provisional bilateral safeguarding remedy” means a provisional bilateral safeguarding amount, provisional suspension of tariff rate reduction or provisional tariff rate quota referred to in Part 3 of Schedule 5 to the Act; “relevant free trade agreement” means a free trade agreement to which the United Kingdom is a party which is relevant to a review, a bilateral safeguarding investigation or an international dispute investigation carried out under these Regulations; “statement of reasons” has the meaning given by regulation 16(6)(b); “UK producers” has the meaning given by paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 5 to the Act; “working day” means any day except a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.
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(1) All references in these Regulations to Schedule 5 to the Act are to be read as references to that Schedule as applied by Schedule 5A to the Act. (2) In these Regulations— “the Act” means the Taxation (Cross-border) Trade Act 2018; “authentication visit” means a visit conducted by the TRA to any premises in the United Kingdom the principal purpose of which is to obtain information, verify information supplied to it or to facilitate the progress of a bilateral safeguarding investigation; “contributor” means a person other than an interested party who has made themselves known to the TRA for the purpose of participating in a bilateral safeguarding investigation or a review; “definitive bilateral safeguarding remedy” means a definitive bilateral safeguarding amount, a definitive suspension of tariff rate reduction or a tariff rate quota referred to in Part 4 of Schedule 5 to the Act; “directly competitive goods” means goods produced in the United Kingdom which are directly competitive with the goods identified, goods concerned or goods subject to review as appropriate; “goods concerned” means the goods described in the notice of initiation of a bilateral safeguarding investigation, referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1; “goods identified” means the goods in relation to which the Secretary of State is requesting the TRA to conduct a bilateral safeguarding investigation; “goods subject to review” means the goods described in the notice of initiation of a review, referred to in paragraph 8 of Schedule 1; “importer” of goods means a person liable to pay import duty in respect of the goods; “increased quantities” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Act; “interested party” means— a government of the relevant foreign country or territory, an overseas exporter or importer of the goods concerned or the goods subject to review or investigation, a trade or business association of producers, overseas exporters or importers of the goods concerned or the goods subject to review or investigation, a producer of the like goods or directly competitive goods in the United Kingdom, a trade or business association of UK producers of the like goods or directly competitive goods, or an overseas producer of the goods concerned or the goods subject to review; “international dispute investigation” means an investigation into whether the application to goods of a definitive bilateral safeguarding remedy should be maintained, varied, or revoked in light of an international dispute decision, required by the Secretary of State under regulation 38; “non-confidential summary” has the meaning given by regulation 16(6)(a); “overseas exporter” means a person outside of the United Kingdom that exports goods to the United Kingdom; “overseas producer” means a person outside of the United Kingdom that produces goods; “pace of liberalisation” means— in respect of a definitive bilateral safeguarding amount, or a definitive suspension of tariff rate reduction, the process by which the amount of import duty applicable to the goods becomes progressively smaller, in accordance with paragraph 17(5A) of Schedule 5 to the Act; in respect of a tariff rate quota, the process by which the amount of import duty applicable to goods becomes progressively smaller, or the amount of the quota becomes progressively larger, or both, in accordance with paragraph 18(6A) of Schedule 5 to the Act; “period of investigation” has the meaning given by regulation 6 (increased quantities); “provisional bilateral safeguarding remedy” means a provisional bilateral safeguarding amount, provisional suspension of tariff rate reduction or provisional tariff rate quota referred to in Part 3 of Schedule 5 to the Act; “relevant free trade agreement” means a free trade agreement to which the United Kingdom is a party which is relevant to a review, a bilateral safeguarding investigation or an international dispute investigation carried out under these Regulations; “statement of reasons” has the meaning given by regulation 16(6)(b); “UK producers” has the meaning given by paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 5 to the Act; “working day” means any day except a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.
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