PART 1Introductory
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.
Extent
2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(2) Any amendment, repeal or revocation made by these Regulations has the same extent within the United Kingdom as the provision to which it relates, except that—
(a)regulation 107(5) (amendment of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(1)) extends to England and Wales and Scotland only;
(b)regulation 107(8) extends to England and Wales only, and
(c)regulation 109(1) to (3) (amendment of the Criminal Finances Act 2017(2)) extends to Northern Ireland only.
(3) Any saving or transitional provision in these Regulations has the same extent within the United Kingdom as the provision to which it relates, except that regulation 72 (saving provision – investigation teams operating in the UK after commencement day) extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
General interpretation
3. In these Regulations—
“the 1990 Schengen Convention” means the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders(3);
“the CJDP Regulations” means the Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No 36) Regulations 2014(4);
“commencement day” means the date and time on which these Regulations come into force;
“the Withdrawal Act” means the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
OJ L No 239, 23.9.2000, pp. 19-62.
S.I. 2014/3141; as amended by paragraph 380 of Part 2 of Schedule 19 to the Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) and by S.I. 2014/3191 and 2016/992.