European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002
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The European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002 (c. 3) is an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
which saw the fourth major amendment to the European Communities Act 1972 to include the provisions that were agreed upon in the
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which was signed on 26 February 2001 to be incorporated into the domestic law of the
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. It was given
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on 26 February 2002. The Act was repealed by the
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on 31 January 2020.


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Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union This is a list of current, amended, spent and repealed Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to its former membership and current relationship to the European Communities and the European Union from 1972 onwards. Some of the ...
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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 des ...
{{UK legislation Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Union United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2002