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  European Union Bill - Annual Report on Court Challenge of Clause 18 - Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against inserting the following text to Clause 18 of the European Union Bill:
  
  âThe Secretary of State shall prepare an annual report on the extent to which in the previous 12 months the provisions of subsection (1)[1] have been challenged or questioned in the courts, including the European Court of Justice, identifying any challenge to the declaration contained in that subsection that the status of EU law is dependent on the continuing statutory basis provided by the European Communities Act 1972.â And â(3) The report made under subsection (2) (i.e. as in the text above) shall be laid before Parliament for its approval.'
  
  Clause 18 states that the âStatus of EU law [is] dependent on continuing Statutory basis.â In other words, it explains the current position, that EU law requires an act of Parliament before it becomes binding in the UK.
  
  * [1] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2011-01-11&number=161 Details of Subsection (1)]
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2011-01-11a.171.3 Debate preceding vote]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/106/2011106.pdf European Union Bill with Clause 18 in full]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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