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  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Clause 4 - Preservation of Rights, Powers, Liabilities, Obligations, Restrictions, Remedies and Proceedures on the UK's Withdrawl from the EU
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to preserve, on the UK's withdrawal from the EU all rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures present in UK law as a result of the UK's membership of the EU. An explanatory statement explains the proposal not to preserve these provisions was intended as a step towards an alternative proposal to take even stronger steps to preserve them. 
  
  @ MP voted no to preserve, on the UK's withdrawal from the EU all rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures present in UK law as a result of the UK's membership of the EU.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to preserve, on the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, all rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures present in United Kingdom law as a result of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union. An explanatory statement explains the proposal not to preserve these provisions was intended as a step towards an alternative proposal to take even stronger steps to preserve them. 
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 57, page 2, line 42, leave out clause 4.
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  
  :This amendment is linked to NC19, which would aim to preserve, more comprehensively than the existing Clause 4, rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures derived from EU law and incorporated into domestic law via the European Communities Act 1972.
  
  Taken literally the impact of the amendment would have been to leave out clause 4[2] which began:
  
  :Any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures which, immediately before exit dayâ
  
  :(a) are recognised and available in domestic law by virtue of section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 1972, and
  :(b)are enforced, allowed and followed accordingly, continue on and after exit day to be recognised and available in domestic law (and to be enforced, allowed and followed accordingly).
  
  New Clause 19, which was not the subject of this vote, but was referred to in the explanatory statement was titled:
  
  ''âSaving for rights etc. under section 2(1) of the ECA (No. 2)'' and stated:
   		
  :(1)    Any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures which, immediately before exit day are part of domestic law by virtue of section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 1972 continue on and after exit day to be recognised and available in domestic law (and to be enforced, allowed and followed accordingly).
   		
  :(2)    Subsection (1) does not apply to any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations restrictions, remedies or procedures so far as they form part of domestic law by virtue of section 3
   		
  :(3)    Where, following the United Kingdomâs exit from the EU, retained EU law incorrectly or incompletely gives effect to any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies or procedures created or required by EU law in force immediately before exit day, a Minister of the Crown shall make regulations for the purpose of giving effect to such rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures.
   		
  :(4)    This section is subject to section 5 and Schedule 1 (exceptions to savings and incorporation).â
  
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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-l1g4 Clause 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill as at the time of the vote]
  * [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0147/amend/eu_daily_rep_0115.1-7.html House of Commons Amendment Sheet for Consideration of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill on the 16th of January 2018] 
  
  
  
  
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