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This draft Scottish Statutory Instrument supersedes the draft Scottish Statutory Instrument of the same title published on 23 January 2019 (ISBN 978-0-11-104057-7) and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that previously published draft Scottish Statutory Instrument.

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2(2) of schedule 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 and paragraph 1(6) of schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Exiting The European Union

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Made 2019

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1, paragraph 1(1) and (3) of schedule 2 and paragraph 21 of schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018^f2, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with paragraph 2(2) of schedule 2 of the European Communities Act 1972^f3 and paragraph 1(6) of schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

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f1: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.
f2: 2018 c.16.
f3: Paragraph 2(2) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).