direct EU legislation that is operative and has direct effect in the UK before 31 December 2020.

EU-derived domestic legislation made under ECA 1972, s 2(2) and other domestic legislation which implements EU obligations (including provisions in UK primary legislation), made before 31 December 2020.

Subject to certain exemptions, there are four key components: ‘anything which, on or after, continues to be, or forms part of, domestic law by virtue of section 2, 3, 4 or 6(3) & 6(6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as that body of law is added to or otherwise modified by or under this Act or by other domestic law from time to time)’

Retained EU law is defined in s 6(7) of the 2018 Act as: Retained EU law takes effect in UK law from 31 December 2020, subject to any modifications required to ensure it can continue to operate effectively as domestic law. Broadly speaking, the 2018 Act aims to preserve the legal position immediately before the end of the transition/implementation period (which ended on 31 December 2020) by taking a ‘snapshot’ of EU-derived laws applicable in the UK at that point (including directly applicable EU laws, rights and principles and EU-derived UK laws) and preserving it within the UK’s domestic legal framework as a new category of domestic law-'retained EU law’. Updates Changes to citation of EU and retained EU Legislation following Brexitīefore the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020 (‘exit day’), EU legislation took effect in the UK through the European Communities Act 1972, which was repealed under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (2018 Act) on exit day. Why does OSCOLA have some examples with full-stops and some without?.

Which journals use square brackets in the citation?.Sources not specifically referred to in OSCOLA 4th edn: Other changes to citation of EU cases and legislation.Changes to citation of EU and retained EU Legislation following Brexit.The suggestions on this page have not yet been discussed and approved by the OSCOLA editorial board.

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