# Trade Act 2021, Section 5: Interpretation of Part 1


(1) In this Part—
“appropriate authority” means—
(a)a Minister of the Crown, or
(b)a devolved authority;
“devolved authority” means—
(a)the Scottish Ministers,
(b)the Welsh Ministers, or
(c)a Northern Ireland department;
“free trade agreement” means an agreement that is or was notifiable under—
(a)paragraph 7(a) of Article XXIV of GATT, or
(b)paragraph 7(a) of Article V of GATS;
“GATS” means the General Agreement on Trade in Services, part of Annex 1B to the WTO Agreement (as modified from time to time);
“GATT” means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, part of Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement (as modified from time to time);
“primary legislation” means—
(a)an Act of Parliament,
(b)an Act of the Scottish Parliament,
(c)a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru, or
(d)Northern Ireland legislation;
“subordinate legislation” has the meaning given in section 20(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;
“the WTO Agreement” means the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994.
(2) In this Part a reference to being a signatory to an international trade agreement includes a reference to—
(a) exchanging instruments, where the exchange constitutes the agreement;
(b) acceding to the agreement.
(3) In this Part a reference to a draft of regulations being laid is a reference to a draft of the regulations, or a draft of the instrument containing the regulations, being laid before—
(a) each House of Parliament, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(1) or 5 of Schedule 2 applies;
(b) the Scottish Parliament, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 applies;
(c) Senedd Cymru, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 2 applies;
(d) the Northern Ireland Assembly, in the case of regulations to which paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 2 applies.
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(5) In this section, “domestic law” means the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/10/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trade-act-2021/section-5
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