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The European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (Commencement No.1) Order 2009

As Enacted Cited authorities 3 Cited in Amendments 2 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2009/3143

2009 No. 3143 (C. 140)

European Union

The European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (Commencement No.1) Order 2009

Made 30th November 2009

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(1) and 8(2) of the European Union (Amendment) Act 20081, makes the following order.

S-1 Citation

Citation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (Commencement No.1) Order 2009.

S-2 Commencement

Commencement

2. Section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 shall come into force on 1 December 2009.

David Miliband

Secretary of State

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

30th November 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this order brings into force, on 1 December 2009, Section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, which relate to changes of terminology. The effect of this is to update references to European Union terminology in other legislation to reflect changes made by the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty Establishing the European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community2. This order brings into force the changes of terminology provided by section 3 and the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, including removing references to the Community Treaties and substituting the EU Treaties.

(1) 2008 c.7.
(2) European Communities No.13 (2007), Cm 7294.

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