Paragraph 7 Amendment to Article 7

(1)

Article 7 (obligations of Member States) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the heading, for “Member States”, substitute “the Secretary of State”.

(3)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

for “Member States shall”, substitute “The Secretary of State must”;

(b)

for “their territories”, substitute “the United Kingdom”.

(4)

In paragraph 2, for “Member States provide”, substitute “the Secretary of State provides”.

(5)

In paragraph 3—

(a)

for “Member States shall”, substitute “The Secretary of State must”;

(b)

omit the words from “The Commission” to the end.

(6)

In paragraph 4—

(a)

in the first subparagraph—

(i)

for “Member States”, substitute “The Secretary of State”;

(ii)

for “shall”, in each of the first three places in which it occurs, substitute “must”;

(iii)

for “Rules which fulfil”, substitute “Rules which immediately before exit day fulfil”;

(b)

omit the second subparagraph.