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(1)Any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures which, immediately before exit day—
(a)are recognised and available in domestic law by virtue of section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 1972, and
(b)are enforced, allowed and followed accordingly,
continue on and after exit day to be recognised and available in domestic law (and to be enforced, allowed and followed accordingly).
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies or procedures so far as they—
(a)form part of domestic law by virtue of section 3, or
(b)arise under an EU directive (including as applied by the EEA agreement) and are not of a kind recognised by the European Court or any court or tribunal in the United Kingdom in a case decided before exit day (whether or not as an essential part of the decision in the case).
(3)This section is subject to section 5 and Schedule 1 (exceptions to savings and incorporation).
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