European Union Act 2009

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1972.

3.— Section 2 of the Act of 1972 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) The following shall be binding on the State and shall be part of the domestic law thereof under the conditions laid down in the treaties governing the European Union:

(a) the treaties governing the European Union;

(b) acts adopted by the institutions of the European Union (other than acts to which the first paragraph of Article 275 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies);

(c) acts adopted by the institutions of the European Communities in force immediately before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty; and

(d) acts adopted by bodies competent under those treaties (other than acts to which the first paragraph of the said Article 275 applies).”.