Amendment of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 201910

1

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 20199 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(2)—

a

in paragraph (c), after “section 3 of the Act” insert “or forms part of domestic law by virtue of section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020”;

b

at the end insert “or section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020, as the case may be”.

3

In regulation 2(6)(a), after “section 3 of the Act”, insert “or forms part of domestic law by virtue of section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020.”.

4

In regulation 3(2), in subsection (3) of the inserted text, at the end insert “or section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020”.

5

In regulation 4(3), in subsection (3) of the inserted text, at the end insert “or section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020”.

6

In regulation 5(1)—

a

omit paragraph (a);

b

in paragraph (b) for “that sub-paragraph” substitute “sub-paragraph (ii)”;

c

for paragraph (c) substitute—

c

after sub-paragraph (ii) insert—

iii

any retained direct EU legislation not falling within sub-paragraph (ii) for the time being in force in Northern Ireland;

7

In regulation 8(1), after “legislation” insert “, or legislation referred to in paragraph 7(b) of Schedule 1 to the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020,”.