Commentary on provisions of Act Section 18: Interpretation of sections 14 to 17
This section defines the scope of information which relates to non-food product safety that can be shared under section 14 and section 15. The scope of this section catches the broad range of information that could be shared pursuant to Article TBT.9 (or any annex to that Article) of the TCA, and the annexes on chemicals and motor vehicles and equipment and parts thereof.
	Subsection (1) provides a list of definitions for terms that are used in the section, and in sections 14 to 17. It includes a broad definition of "market surveillance" and "market surveillance authority" that will include the activities of enforcement authorities. This includes bodies like Local Authority Trading Standards, who carry out market surveillance for a range of products in their own area, as well as specialised agencies like the Maritime and Coastguard Agency who carry out market surveillance for specific products like marine equipment.
	Subsection (2) sets out a non-exhaustive definition of non-food product safety information. This will include the compliance of products, as well as whether they are safe, and will include the information listed in Article TBT.9(3) of the TCA and information under the annexes on chemicals and motor vehicles.