{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-act-2018/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-act-2018/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/16",
  "legislation_title": "European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-act-2018",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Retaining EU restrictions in devolution legislation etc.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) Part 1 of Schedule 3 (which makes corresponding provision in relation to executive competence to that made by subsections (1) to (6) in relation to legislative competence) has effect.\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(9) A Minister of the Crown may by regulations—\n(a) repeal any of the following provisions—\n(i) section 30A or 57(4) to (15) of the Scotland Act 1998,\n(ii) section 80(8) to (8L) or 109A of the Government of Wales Act 2006, or\n(iii) section 6A or 24(3) to (15) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, or\n(b) modify any enactment in consequence of any such repeal.\n(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(12) Part 3 of Schedule 3 (which contains amendments of devolution legislation not dealt with elsewhere) has effect.\n(13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12(1)-(6) omitted (31.3.2022) by virtue of The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Repeal of EU Restrictions in Devolution Legislation, etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/357), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 12(8) omitted (31.3.2022) by virtue of The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Repeal of EU Restrictions in Devolution Legislation, etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/357), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 12(10) omitted (31.3.2022) by virtue of The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Repeal of EU Restrictions in Devolution Legislation, etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/357), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 12(11) omitted (31.3.2022) by virtue of The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Repeal of EU Restrictions in Devolution Legislation, etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/357), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 12(13) omitted (31.3.2022) by virtue of The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Repeal of EU Restrictions in Devolution Legislation, etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/357), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12(2)(4)(6)(7)(8)(12) in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 25(1)(b)(2)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 12(9)-(11)(13) in force at 4.7.2018 by S.I. 2018/808, reg. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 12(1)(3)(5) in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(g) (with reg. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 12(2)(4)(6)(7)(8)(12) in force at 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(g) (with reg. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:51.422677+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}