Regulation 21 Warning and assessment procedureI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State must take the following steps before taking any specified action—

(a)

publish a warning in accordance with regulation 22,

(b)

carry out an assessment of the circumstances giving rise to the publication of a warning, in accordance with regulation 23, and

(c)

publish the outcome of the assessment in accordance with regulation 24.

(2)

The Secretary of State may follow a single warning and assessment procedure for more than one circumstance leading to the initiation of such a procedure if the Secretary of State considers this appropriate.

(3)

For the purpose of this Part, a “specified action” means—

(a)

the suspension of a country from the DCTS under regulation 16(5)(a)(i) or 17(1)(a)(i);

(b)

the suspension of DCTS rates on specified DCTS goods originating from a qualifying DCTS country under regulation 16(5)(a)(ii) or 17(1)(a)(ii);

(c)

the variation of DCTS rates on specified DCTS goods originating from a qualifying DCTS country under regulation 16(5)(b) or 17(1)(b);

(d)

the application of a trade preference safeguard measure under regulation 19 except in a case where an urgent trade preference safeguard notice is published.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 21 in force at 19.6.2023, see reg. 1(2)