# Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, Paragraph 20A


(1) This paragraph applies where the Secretary of State rejects a recommendation under paragraph 20.
(2) If the Secretary of State considers that it is in the public interest to do so, the Secretary of State may decide to apply an anti-dumping amount or a countervailing amount in relation to relevant goods or descriptions of relevant goods to which the TRA’s recommendation related, other than in accordance with the recommendation.
(3) But the Secretary of State may make a decision under sub-paragraph (2) only if a recommendation under paragraph 17(3) or (4) to the same effect as the decision (ignoring any restrictions in paragraph 17 on the ability of the TRA to make such a recommendation) would have complied with the requirements set out in paragraph 18.
(4) Where the Secretary of State makes a decision under sub-paragraph (2), the Secretary of State—
(a) must publish notice of the decision,
(b) must notify interested parties (see paragraph 32(3)) accordingly,
(c) must lay a statement before the House of Commons setting out the reasons for making the decision, and
(d) is required under section 13 to make provision by public notice to give effect to the decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/22/schedule/4/paragraph/20A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-cross-border-trade-act-2018/schedule-4/paragraph-20A
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