# The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 2018, Regulation 3A: Status of international agreements


(1) The road passenger transport agreements, in their English language version, form part of domestic law on and after 1st April 2025.
(2) Any enactment has effect on and after 1st April 2025 with such modifications as—
(a) are required in consequence of paragraph (1) or otherwise for the purposes of implementing the road passenger transport agreements, and
(b) are capable of being ascertained from the agreements or otherwise from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, as it has effect on that date.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2)—
(a) are subject to any equivalent or other provision—
(i) which (whether before, on or after 1st April 2025) is made by or under the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 or any other enactment or otherwise forms part of domestic law, and
(ii) which is for the purposes of (or has the effect of) implementing to any extent the Trade and Cooperation Agreement or any other future relationship agreement (as defined in section 37(1) of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020), and
(b) do not limit the scope of any power which is capable of being exercised to make any such provision.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a) the road passenger transport agreements are the following, as they have effect on 1st April 2025—
(i) the RPT Chapter,
(ii) Interbus, and
(iii) the RSR Protocol;
(b) references to the purposes of (or having the effect of) implementing an agreement (or any provision of an agreement) include references to the purposes of (or having the effect of) making provision consequential on any such implementation.
(5) In this regulation “domestic law” means the law of—
(a) England and Wales, and
(b) Scotland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1395/regulation/3A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-transport-international-passenger-services-regulations-2018/regulation-3A
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