The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2026

• Citation: S.I. 2026/79
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2026.

(2) These Regulations come into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which they are made.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Section 2 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020

In Schedule 1 to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (exclusions from market access principles), after paragraph 13 insert—

Glue traps

(14)

(1) The United Kingdom market access principles do not apply to (and sections 2(3) and 5(3) do not affect the operation of) legislation so far as it prohibits the sale of glue traps.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “ glue trap ” means any trap that is designed, or is capable of being used, to catch an animal other than an invertebrate and uses an adhesive substance as the means, or one of the means, of capture.