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Section 5: Exceptions to savings and incorporation

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 · 2018 c. 16View on legislation.gov.uk

Any provision of assimilated direct legislation—

must, so far as possible, be read and given effect in a way which is compatible with all domestic enactments, and
is subject to all domestic enactments, so far as it is incompatible with them.

Subsection (A2) is subject to—

sections 183A and 186 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (protection of prohibitions, restrictions and data subject's rights) (and see also section 183B(3) of that Act);
regulations under section 7(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

No general principle of EU law is part of domestic law after the end of 2023.

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The Charter of Fundamental Rights is not part of domestic law on or after IP completion day.

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Schedule 1 (which makes further provision about exceptions to savings and incorporation) has effect.

Subsections (A1) to (6) and Schedule 1 are subject to relevant separation agreement law (for which see section 7C).

In this section "domestic enactment" means an enactment other than one consisting of assimilated direct legislation.

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