Commentary on provisions of Act Section 2: Treatment of conformity assessment bodies etc
Section 2(1) provides that the Secretary of State may, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend subordinate legislation in order to implement the UK’s obligations under Article 8.6 of Trans-Pacific Partnership as it is incorporated into the CPTPP.
	Article 8.6 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as it is incorporated into the CPTPP will require the UK to ensure that conformity assessment bodies located in CPTPP Parties' territories are afforded treatment no less favourable than conformity assessment bodies located in the UK.
	Section 2(2) provides that regulations made under this section of the Act may include consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision.
	Section 2(3) provides that statutory instruments made under this section are subject to the made negative parliamentary procedure.
	Section 2(4) defines what "subordinate legislation" and "Article 8.6 of the CPTPP" means in this section.