{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-preference-scheme-developing-countries-trading-scheme-regulations-2023/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-preference-scheme-developing-countries-trading-scheme-regulations-2023/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/561",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Preference Scheme (Developing Countries Trading Scheme) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-preference-scheme-developing-countries-trading-scheme-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Warning and assessment procedure",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must take the following steps before taking any specified action—\n(a) publish a warning in accordance with regulation 22,\n(b) carry out an assessment of the circumstances giving rise to the publication of a warning, in accordance with regulation 23, and\n(c) publish the outcome of the assessment in accordance with regulation 24.\n(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.\n(3) For the purpose of this Part, a “specified action” means—\n(a) the suspension of a country from the DCTS under regulation 16(5)(a)(i) or 17(1)(a)(i);\n(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);\n(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);\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in force at 19.6.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/561/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:45:05.234329+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}