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  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Clause 6 - Interpretation of Retained EU law - Transitional Period
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to stop UK courts being bound by European Court [of Justice] decisions, or being required to have regard to EU decisions, until the end of any agreed transitional period connected with the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
  
  @ MP voted no to enable UK courts to not to be bound by European Court [of Justice] decisions, or being required to have regard to EU decisions, from a date prior to the end of any agreed transitional period connected with the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to stop UK courts being bound by European Court [of Justice] decisions, or being required to have regard to EU decisions, until the end of any agreed transitional period connected with the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 278, in clause 6, page 4, line 19, at end insertâ
  
  â(6A) The exit day appointed (in accordance with [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/cbill_2017-20190005_en_2.htm#pb6-l1g14 section 14] and paragraph 13 of [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/cbill_2017-20190005_en_4.htm#sch7 Schedule 7]) for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) must not be before the end of any transitional period agreed under [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12016M/TXT#d1e2487-1-1 Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union].â
  
  Had it not been rejected the amendment would have added the above new sub-clause to Clause 6[2] of the Bill which is titled ''Interpretation of retained EU law''.  
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This paving amendment is intended to allow for transitional arrangements within the existing structure of rules and regulations.
   
  At the time of this vote there was only one "exit day" provided for in the Bill. 
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/cbill_2017-20190005_en_2.htm#pb2-l1g6 Clause 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
  
  
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