30. Form and application of a definitive safeguard measure

A definitive safeguard measure shall generally be applied in the form of either a tariff increase or a quantitative restriction on imports, and subject to the provisions of section 31, be applied on all imports of the investigated product, irrespective of its source, entered on or after the date on which the measure comes into effect.

Where the definitive safeguard measure is applied in the form of a tariff increase, the Director-General of Customs shall be responsible for the collection of such tariff increase, while the administration of a definitive safeguard measure in the form of a quantitative restriction shall be the responsibility of the Controller of Imports and Exports.