Section 1B(3)

Any enactment which continues to have effect by virtue of subsection (2) is to be read, on and after exit day and so far as the context permits or requires, as if— any reference to an expression which is to be read in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 and is an expression defined by section 1 of, or Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the European Communities Act 1972 were a reference to that expression as defined by that section or that Part of that Schedule as it continues to have effect by virtue of section 1A(2) to (4) of this Act, any reference (however expressed and subject to paragraph (a) above) to— were a reference to any such thing so far as it is applicable to and in the United Kingdom by virtue of Part 4 of the withdrawal agreement, EU law, any particular EU Treaty or any part of it, any EU instrument, or other document of an EU entity or of the EU, or any part of any such instrument or document, any part of EU law not falling within sub-paragraph (ii) or (iii), any tax, duty, levy or interests of the EU, or any arrangement involving, or otherwise relating to, the EU of a kind not falling within sub-paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), any reference (however expressed and subject to paragraph (a) above) to the European Communities Act 1972 were or (as the case may be) included a reference to the Act of 1972 as it continues to have effect by virtue of section 1A(2) to (4) of this Act, any reference (however expressed) to the area of the EU or of the EEA included the United Kingdom, any reference (however expressed) to a citizen of the EU or a national of the EEA included a United Kingdom national (within the meaning given by Article 2(d) of the withdrawal agreement), and such other modifications were made as— are provided for by regulations under section 8A or Part 1A of Schedule 2, or so far as not so provided, are necessary for any purpose of Part 4 of the withdrawal agreement and are capable of being ascertained from any such purpose or otherwise from that Part of that agreement.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30