{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019/section-24.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2019/4",
  "legislation_title": "Legislation (Wales) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "References to direct EU legislation retained in domestic law after EU exit",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) an Act of Senedd Cymru receives Royal Assent, or a Welsh subordinate instrument is made, on or after implementation period completion day, and\n(b) the Act or instrument refers to any EU regulation, EU decision, EU tertiary legislation or provision of the EEA agreement that forms part of domestic law by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) or section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (c. 2) (incorporation of direct EU legislation).\n(2) The reference is a reference to the EU regulation, EU decision, EU tertiary legislation or provision of the EEA agreement as it forms part of domestic law (and not as it forms part of EU law).\n(2A) But this is subject to section 25A (references to relevant separation agreement law).\n(3) In this section, the following expressions have the meanings given by section 20(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018—\n“domestic law”;\n“EU decision”;\n“EU regulation”;\n“EU tertiary legislation”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 24(1)(a) substituted (31.1.2020) by European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), s. 42(7), Sch. 5 para. 59(b) (with s. 38(3)); S.I. 2020/75, reg. 4(n)(xxviii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 24(1)(b) inserted (30.4.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/463), regs. 1(1), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 24(2A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1447), regs. 1(3), 8(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 24 in force for specified purposes at 11.9.2019, see s. 44(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 24 in force at 1.1.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2019/1333, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/section/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:03.284429+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."
}