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This is a list of current, amended, spent and repealed acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to its former membership and current relationship to the European Communities and the European Union from 1972 onwards.
Some of the acts (particularly the European Communities Act 1972 and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) represent some of the most important constitutional legislation formerly or currently on the statute book.
Act | Chapter (c.) | Royal Assent | Current status |
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European Communities Act 1972 | 68 | 17 October 1972 | Repealed |
This act legislated for the accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities which later became the European Union and also gave legal effect to European Union Law (then Community law) which came into effect on 1 January 1973, the day the UK officially joined.
Although the act was repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 upon the UK's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020, most of its provisions remained in effect via Section 1A of the Withdrawal Act until the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020.
Act | Chapter (c.) | Royal Assent | Current status | Notes |
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European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 | 58 | 17 November 1986 | Repealed | This act incorporated the Single European Act into the 1972 act. |
European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 | 36 | 20 July 1993 | Repealed | This act incorporated the Maastricht Treaty into the 1972 act which created the European Union. |
European Communities (Amendment) Act 1998 | 21 | 11 June 1998 | Repealed | This act incorporated the Amsterdam Treaty into the 1972 act. |
European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002 | 3 | 26 February 2002 | Repealed | This act incorporated the Nice Treaty into the 1972 act. |
European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 | 7 | 19 June 2008 | Repealed | This act incorporated the Treaty of Lisbon into the 1972 act. |
Act | Chapter (c.) | Royal Assent | Current status |
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European Communities (Finance) Act 2001 | 22 | 4 December 2001 | Repealed |
European Communities (Finance) Act 2008 | 1 | 19 February 2008 | Repealed |
European Union (Finance) Act 2015 | 32 | 21 July 2015 | Repealed |
These acts also amend the 1972 act.
Act | Chapter (c.) | Royal Assent | Current status |
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European Union Act 2011 | 11 | 19 July 2011 | Repealed |
This act amended the 2002 act and legislated for the requirement of a UK-wide referendum for any approval of any proposed transfers of power to the EU.
Act | Chapter (c.) | Royal Assent | Current status |
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European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Act 2012 | 15 | 31 October 2012 | Repealed |
European Union (Approvals) Act 2015 | 37 | 17 December 2015 | Repealed |
This act approves under the European Union Act 2011 the creation of the European Stability Mechanism for Eurozone states and approves for Macedonia to become an observer in the work of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Act | Chapter (c.) | Royal Assent | Current status |
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European Communities (Greek Accession) Act 1979 | 50 | 20 December 1979 | Repealed |
European Communities (Spanish and Portuguese Accession) Act 1985 | 75 | 19 December 1985 | Repealed |
European Union (Accessions) Act 1994 | 38 | 3 November 1994 | Repealed |
European Union (Accessions) Act 2003 | 35 | 13 November 2003 | Repealed |
European Union (Accessions) Act 2006 | 2 | 16 February 2006 | Repealed |
European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Act 2013 | 5 | 31 January 2013 | Repealed |
These acts legislated for subsequent enlargements of the European Communities/European Union and also amended the European Communities Act 1972 to add the treaties to the act.