I am not sure that I am entirely following the noble and learned Lord’s point. To express it this way, where after exit there is a modification to retained EU law but that modification does not go to the substance of the retained EU law, which would have to be addressed on a case-by-case basis, Clause 6(6) then allows for the continued interpretation of that retained EU law by reference to Clause 6(3), notwithstanding the relevant modification. That is why I sought to give the example of a modification that simply took out the reference to an EU agency and substituted a UK agency.
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Keen of Elie
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 7 March 2018.
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and
Debate on bills on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
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