Agenda item

Bills

European Union (Future Relationship) Act

The Bill was introduced and received Royal Assent prior to the meeting of this Court. It implements and makes provision in connection with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and other Agreements with the EU. It received Royal Assent on 30th December after Parliamentary proceedings were completed within one day, in order to pass the Act before the end of the post-Brexit transition period on 31st December. The Act makes provision in connection with the UK’s future relationship with the EU and its member States, enabling the implementation of arrangements and agreements that are either foreseen in the current Agreements, or which are agreed by the UK and EU to be ‘supplementary’ to the TCA. The Bill also creates powers to make secondary legislation, where appropriate, to enable the Agreements to be implemented domestically or for domestic law to be interpreted in light of the Agreements.

Date in force

30th December 2020

Statutory Instruments

The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020 No. 1330

This Order brings the revised code of practice (“the Code”) into operation, replacing the one which was brought into operation by a previous Order of 2015, in accordance with the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996. The Code sets out the manner in which police officers are to record, retain and reveal to the prosecutor material obtained in the course of a criminal investigation and which may be relevant to the investigation. The revisions introduced by the Code implement recommendations of the Attorney General’s Review of the efficiency and effectiveness of disclosure in the criminal justice system, published in November 2018. Copies of the Code and the Explanatory Memorandum may be obtained from the Remembrancer’s Office.

31^st December 2020

(The text of the measures and the explanatory notes may be obtained from the Remembrancer’s Office.)

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