Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the MARD Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1 January 2012.

(2)

The Articles mentioned in these Regulations are those of MARD^f1 F1, except where otherwise indicated.

(3)

Regulations 2(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6, 7(2), 7(4) and 13(2) each applies to any Article^f2 it mentions only where the relevant UK authority^f3 is the requested authority^f4 in that Article.

(4)

Regulations 9, 10(1), 11, 12 and 13(3) each applies to any Article it mentions only where an applicant authority of the United Kingdom is the applicant authority^f5 in that Article.

F2(5)

Obligations imposed by these Regulations on a relevant UK authority by virtue of a request for assistance relating to a claim in respect of which MARD is made applicable between member States and the United Kingdom by virtue of Article 100 of the withdrawal agreement expire at the end of the period for which MARD is made so applicable by Article 100 of the withdrawal agreement.

(6)

In these Regulations—

“Member State” has the same meaning as it has in MARD, as modified by Article 7(1) of the withdrawal agreement;
“withdrawal agreement” has the meaning given to it by section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The MARD (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/996), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)
F2: Reg. 1(5)(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by The MARD (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/996), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 1 in force at 1.1.2012, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: The Finance Act 2011, Schedule 25, paragraph 1 defines “MARD” as Council Directive 2010/24/EU (OJ No L 84, 31.3.10, p 1).
f2: The explanatory note at the end summarises the subject-matter of those Articles of MARD mentioned in this instrument.
f3: The Finance Act 2011, Schedule 25, paragraph 7 defines “the relevant UK authority”.
f4: The Finance Act 2011, Schedule 25, paragraph 16 defines “requested authority” as having the same meaning as in MARD (and it is defined there in Article 3(b)).
f5: The Finance Act 2011, Schedule 25, paragraph 16 defines “applicant authority” as having the same meaning as in MARD (and it is defined there in Article 3(a)).