2 Additional saving for implementation period
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (2020 c 1) | Legislation

2  Additional saving for implementation period

After section 1A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (saving for the European Communities Act 1972 for the implementation period) (for which see section 1 above) insert—

“1B Saving for EU-derived domestic legislation for implementation period

(1)     Subsections (2) to (5) have effect despite the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 on exit day by section 1.

(2)     EU-derived domestic legislation, as it has effect in domestic law immediately before exit day, continues to have effect in domestic law on and after exit day, subject as follows.

(3)     Any enactment which continues to have effect by virtue of subsection (2) is to be read, on and after exit day and so far as the context permits or requires, as if—

(a)     any reference to an expression which is to be read in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 and is an expression defined by section 1 of, or Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the European Communities Act 1972 were

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