Safeguard Measures Act 2018 · As enacted
35. Review
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Where the duration of a definitive safeguard measure (including the period of application of any provisional measure) exceeds three years, not later than the mid-term of the period of application of such measure, the
Director-General shall review the situation, including a review of the effects of the definitive safeguard measure on the domestic industry concerned, and of the industry’s progress in implementing its adjustment plan.
The provisions of sections 11 to 19 of this Act shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of such review.
The result of the review shall be published in a report prepared by the Director-General and he shall thereafter forward such report to the Committee to make its recommendations as to whether to maintain or withdraw the definitive safeguard measure or to increase the pace of its liberalization.
A notice to maintain, liberalize or withdraw a definitive safeguard measure summarizing the results of the review, shall be published in the Gazette. The contents of such notice shall conform, mutatis mutandis, to the requirements specified in respect of the notice regarding application of a definitive safeguard measure provided for in section 29.