European Communities and Swiss Confederation Act, 2001
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Adaptations to take account of Agreements. |
3.—(1) Without prejudice to the future exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Act of 1972, any regulations made under the said section 3 which are in force immediately before the coming into operation of section 2 of this Act, and any enactment, or instrument made under an enactment, which implements obligations of the State under the treaties governing the European Communities, shall, as far as practicable, be construed as if, on the coming into operation of section 2 of this Act, they were adapted as required by or under the Agreements. | |
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, in any regulations made under section 3 of the Act of 1972, and in any enactment, or instrument made under an enactment, any reference to the Member States of the European Communities or to any person who is affected by the treaties governing those Communities shall, in so far as may be necessary to give effect to the obligations of the State pursuant to the Agreements, be construed as including a reference to the Swiss Confederation and any person who is affected by the Agreements. |