The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 (known colloquially as the Continuity Act or the EU Continuity Act) is an Act passed by the Scottish Parliament on 22 December 2020 and receiving

royal assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in oth ...

on 29 January 2021. It is a major Scottish constitutional statute, providing for devolved Scots law to stay aligned to future

EU law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its val ...

despite the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

on 31 January 2020.

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Acts of the Scottish Parliament 2021 Brexit Scottish independence {{Scots-law-stub