European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012
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Amendment of section 1 of European Communities Act 1972. |
1.— Section 1 of the European Communities Act 1972 is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “treaties governing the European Union” (inserted by section 2 of the European Union Act 2009 ): | |
“ ‘treaties governing the European Union’ means— | ||
(a) the Treaty on European Union, | ||
(b) the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, | ||
(c) the Lisbon Treaty, and | ||
(d) the treaties governing the European Communities, | ||
(other than the provisions to which the first paragraph of Article 275 of the treaty referred to in paragraph (b) applies), as amended by— | ||
(i) the Protocol amending the Protocol on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, done at Brussels on the 23rd day of June 2010, | ||
(ii) the European Council Decision of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro, | ||
(iii) the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, done at Brussels on the 9th day of December 2011, and | ||
(iv) the Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people on the Treaty of Lisbon, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, done at Brussels on the 16th day of May 2012.”. |