# Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, Paragraph 17: No restriction on successive safeguarding remedies

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Paragraph 26 of Schedule 5 (restrictions on successive safeguarding remedies) is to be read as if—
(a) in sub-paragraph (2), in the words before paragraph (a), for ““previous safeguarding remedy”” there were substituted ““previous bilateral safeguarding remedy””;
(b) for sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) there were substituted—
“(3) The Secretary of State may reject the recommendation if—
(a) the relevant free trade agreement contains provision restricting the circumstances in which a bilateral safeguarding remedy can be applied to goods to which a previous bilateral safeguarding remedy has been applied, and
(b) the Secretary of State considers that the acceptance of the recommendation would or might result in a breach of that provision.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/22/schedule/5A/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-cross-border-trade-act-2018/schedule-5A/paragraph-17
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