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The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020

S.I. 2020/317 · Made 18 March 2020

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Exiting The European Union

Made 18th March 2020

The Minister for the Cabinet Office, in exercise of the power conferred by section 42(7) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020f1, makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

2020 c. 1.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Citation and interpretation
  3. 3Commencement
  4. 4Commencement
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020.

2Citation and interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

3Commencement

The following provisions of the Act come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made—

(a)

section 15(3) (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements) so far as it relates to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (b);

(b)

the following provisions of Schedule 2 (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements)—

(i)

paragraphs 14 to 17;

(ii)

paragraphs 20 and 21;

(iii)

the definition of “Part 2” in paragraph 22(3); and

(iv)

paragraph 32.

4Commencement

Paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 (Protection for certain rights, safeguards etc. in Belfast Agreement) of the Act comes into force on 23rd March 2020.

Signature

Penny Mordaunt

Paymaster General

Cabinet Office

18th March 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) (“the Act”). These are the second commencement regulations made under the Act.

Regulation 3 brings into force the specified paragraphs of Schedule 2 to the Act relating to the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (“the IMA”). These provisions place duties on the IMA relating to accounts and audit, public records, investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, the Freedom of Information Act and public sector equality duty and require the IMA to produce an annual plan and guidance.

Regulation 4 brings into force paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act, which amends section 71 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (restrictions on proceedings) concerning the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s ‘own motion’ standing powers to challenge the compatibility of legislation with the European Convention on Human Rights through the Human Rights Act 1998.