(1) His Majesty's Government must not ratify a Northern Ireland-related agreement with the European Union that would create a new regulatory border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

(2) Before His Majesty's Government ratifies a Northern Ireland-related agreement with the European Union that would not create a new regulatory border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a Minister of the Crown must lay before Parliament a statement explaining why the agreement does not create a new regulatory border.

(3) In this section -

"a new regulatory border" has the meaning given in paragraph 18(5) of Schedule 6B [Schedule 6B was inserted by S.I. 2024/118.] to the Northern Ireland Act 1998;

"a Northern Ireland-related agreement with the European Union" means a written agreement that -

(a) is between the United Kingdom, of the one part, and the European Union or the European Union and its Member States, of the other part, including -

(i) a supplementing agreement of the kind referred to in Article 2 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and