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  Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
  
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  <p>Those voting No rejected a proposed <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/141/rs1411605.566-572.html">new clause</a> for the <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/141/06141.i-ii.html">Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill</a> that would have said: </p>
  
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  An order made... relating to [European] Community treaties, [European] Community instruments or [European] Community obligations shall, notwithstanding the <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1972/19720068.htm"> European Communities Act 1972</a>, be binding in any legal proceedings in the United Kingdom.
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  <p>This rejected clause can be described as an example of Euroskeptic mischief, since the <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1972/19720068.htm"> European Communities Act 1972</a> states that:</p>
  
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  All... obligations... arising... under the [European] Treaties... are... to be given legal effect... in... United Kingdom... law.
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  <p>In other words, laws passed in accordance with European Union treaties are superior to United Kingdom law, and this clause was an attempt to ignore this fact in the case of laws made under this Bill.</p>
  
  
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