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4(1)A Minister of the Crown may by regulations—
(a)make provision enabling or requiring judicial notice to be taken of a relevant matter, or
(b)provide for the admissibility in any legal proceedings of specified evidence of—
(i)a relevant matter, or
(ii)instruments or documents issued by or in the custody of an EU entity.
(2)Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(b) may provide that evidence is admissible only where specified conditions are met (for example, conditions as to certification of documents).
(3)Regulations under this paragraph may modify any provision made by or under an enactment.
(4)In sub-paragraph (3) “enactment” does not include primary legislation passed or made after the end of the Session in which this Act is passed.
(5)For the purposes of this paragraph each of the following is a “relevant matter”—
(a)retained EU law,
(b)EU law,
(c)the EEA agreement, and
(d)anything which is specified in the regulations and which relates to a matter mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
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