European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 is a key UK law that provided the legal framework for leaving the EU by repealing the European Communities Act 1972 and converting existing EU law into domestic legislation.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
EU Withdrawal Act 2018	1
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020	1
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
amendedBy	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 ⓘ
citation	2018 c. 16 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	devolution and powers of devolved administrations in relation to retained EU law ⓘ interpretation of retained EU law by UK courts ⓘ role of Court of Justice of the European Union case law after exit day ⓘ
convertsLaw	EU-derived domestic legislation into retained EU law ⓘ direct EU legislation into domestic law of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createsConcept	retained EU law ⓘ
definesTerm	exit day ⓘ
enables	corrections to deficiencies in retained EU law using secondary legislation ⓘ
governmentMajorityIssue	highly contested in Parliament ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	UK Government ministers ⓘ
grantsPowerType	Henry VIII powers ⓘ
introducedBy	David Davis ⓘ British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Theresa May ministry
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ
legalEffect	ends supremacy of EU law in the United Kingdom after exit day ⓘ ensures continuity of law on and after exit day ⓘ
legislativeProcessStart	2017-07-13 ⓘ
legislativeType	public general act ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	An Act to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and make other provision in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU ⓘ
originalBillName	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
parliamentaryChamberInvolved	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ
policyArea	Brexit ⓘ European Union legal order ⓘ surface form: European Union law constitutional law ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to provide a domestic legal framework for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union ⓘ
relatedTo	European Communities Act 1972 ⓘ European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 ⓘ European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 ⓘ
repealEffectiveDate	2020-01-31 ⓘ
repealEffectiveEvent	exit day for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union ⓘ
repeals	European Communities Act 1972 ⓘ
royalAssent	2018-06-26 ⓘ
setsOut	mechanism for domestication of EU law after Brexit ⓘ
shortName	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: EU Withdrawal Act 2018
shortTitle	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 self-link ⓘ
status	partially in force ⓘ
subjectOf	constitutional litigation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
territorialExtent	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
yearEnacted	2018 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brexit → domesticLegislation → European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 → followedBy → European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ⓘ

Constitution of the United Kingdom → includes → European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ⓘ

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 → originalBillName → European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 → shortName → European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU Withdrawal Act 2018

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 → shortTitle → European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 self-link ⓘ