Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 992
Exiting The European Union
Atomic Energy And Radioactive Substances
The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) (Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Made
14th September 2020
Laid before Parliament
15th September 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8B(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) (Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and come into force immediately before IP completion day.
Interpretation
2. For the purpose of the specification mentioned in section 112(1A)(b) of the Energy Act 2013, these Regulations are to be treated as regulations under section 112(1B) of that Act.
Amendments to the Nuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
3. —(1)The Nuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3—
(a) in paragraph (e) at the end omit “and”;
(b) after paragraph (f) insert—
“ (g) the EU withdrawal agreement; ” ;
(c) at the end for “(f)” substitute “(g)”.
Nadhim Zahawi
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Industry
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
14th September 2020
2018 c. 16 . Section 8B was inserted by section 18 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) (“the 2020 Act”).
S.I. 2019/195 . These Regulations come into force on exit day. Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the 2020 Act provides that references to subordinate legislation coming into force on exit day are to be read instead as coming into force on IP completion day.