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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-agreement-act-2020-commencement-no-1-regulations-2020/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/75",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-agreement-act-2020-commencement-no-1-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on exit day—\n(a) section 1 (saving of ECA for implementation period);\n(b) section 2 (additional saving for implementation period);\n(c) section 5 (general implementation of remainder of withdrawal agreement);\n(d) section 6 (general implementation of related EEA EFTA and Swiss agreements);\n(e) section 10 (retention of existing grounds for deportation);\n(f) section 15(1) and (2) (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements);\n(g) section 15(3) so far as it relates to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (m);\n(h) section 25(4)(b) and (6)(a) (retention of saved EU law at end of implementation period) for the purposes of section 5(6) of, and Schedule 1 to, EUWA so far as they are in force on exit day;\n(i) section 26(1)(a) (interpretation of retained EU law) so far as it relates to section 6(7) of EUWA;\n(j) section 26(2) (interpretation of relevant separation agreement law);\n(k) section 27 (dealing with deficiencies in retained EU law);\n(l) section 41(4) and (6) (consequential and transitional provision etc.) so far as relating to any provision so far as it falls within paragraph (n);\n(m) paragraphs 1 to 13, 18, 19, 34 and 41 of Schedule 2 (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements);\n(n) the following provisions of Schedule 5 (consequential and transitional provision etc.)—\n(i) paragraph 3(1);\n(ii) paragraph 7(c);\n(iii) paragraph 11;\n(iv) paragraph 12(c);\n(v) paragraph 18 for the purposes of making regulations under section 30A of the Scotland Act 1998;\n(vi) paragraph 19 for the purposes of making regulations under section 57(4) of the Scotland Act 1998;\n(vii) paragraph 23 for the purposes of making regulations under section 6A of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;\n(viii) paragraph 25 for the purposes of making regulations under section 24(3) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;\n(ix) paragraph 28 for the purposes of making regulations under section 80(8) of the Government of Wales Act 2006;\n(x) paragraph 29 for the purposes of making regulations under section 109A of the Government of Wales Act 2006;\n(xi) paragraph 33;\n(xii) paragraph 35;\n(xiii) paragraph 36(c);\n(xiv) paragraph 37(d);\n(xv) paragraph 40(1), (2) and (5);\n(xvi) paragraph 43;\n(xvii) paragraph 44(2)(b), (c) and (f) to (h) and (4);\n(xviii) paragraph 45;\n(xix) paragraph 46;\n(xx) paragraph 47(3) and (5);\n(xxi) paragraph 48(1), (2) and (4);\n(xxii) paragraph 49;\n(xxiii) paragraph 51 for the purposes of making regulations under section 1A(3)(a)(ii) of EUWA;\n(xxiv) paragraph 53(5), (7)(b) and (8)(b);\n(xxv) paragraph 54(1), (4), (5) and (7);\n(xxvi) paragraph 55(1) and (2);\n(xxvii) paragraph 56(7)(a) so far as it amends paragraph 41(3) to (9) of Schedule 8 to EUWA;\n(xxviii) paragraphs 58 to 62; and\n(xxix) paragraph 63.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/75/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:20.984381+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."
}