Talk:European Communities Act 1972 (UK)

message: How did the European Communities act 1972 impact upon the UK legal system?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.64.87.123 (talk) 16:03, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: Although the repeal of the Act would make the European Communities/Union Treaties unenforceable in United Kingdom law, the United Kingdom as a state would still be bound by its treaty obligations to the European Union; because the act of ratification of those treaties is very much seperate from  the passage of this act.
Rahowell (talk) 21:26, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added an  flag to the sentence as it looks like original research. Do you have a source to support your view about the effect of repeal? For the record, the previous sentence was also unsourced and was potentially original research. Road Wizard (talk) 22:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I disagree: the statement was accurately sourced. You have failed to provide a source to support your interpretation. I am not about to violate the WP:3RR rule to remove your revision. This matter is as of now referred to dispute resolution. Lamberhurst (talk) 19:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just my two pence here as a law/politics student - While I can't find any coverage of the idea that the treaty obligations would still be valid, it is silly to assume that it would be. The treaties becoming binding, according to the law of the UK, when the list of binding treaties covered by the 1972 Act is amended to include new ones - see the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 for an example. EU law is only binding within the UK (and this includes the treaties) because it is covered by the 1972 Act, its amendments, and its statutory instruments. Since the repeal of the 1972 Act would invalidate all amending acts and all SIs, the idea that the UK would still be legally bound by the treaties is ridiculous. Ironholds (talk) 19:21, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to clarify: there is no disagreement here over the fact that EU law obligations would no longer be enforceable in municipal law, the debate is whether they would still bind the UK in international law. Lamberhurst (talk) 19:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, got you. I would say not - note that nations have withdrawn from the EU before without any legal difficulties, although in slightly different situations. Really this is something the courts will have to deal with, but until they do or someone provides a source this is simply WP:OR and speculation, and should be removed. Ironholds (talk) 19:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I recall a clause in the 2003 draft treaty which would have set up a method for withdrawing from the EU, but that never went through. Ironholds (talk) 19:31, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leaving the EU 

message: Can we please include more  information about the passage of this app as there is no information about how the act came into being all its progression through  both Houses of Parliament given its such a  constitutionally important piece of legislation. (2A02:C7F:5621:2A00:2508:D7CA:1129:9615 (talk) 09:07, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: *Support I am in total agreement with this we need more information about its passage. (82.132.235.243 (talk) 15:23, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Passage of the Act 

message: :Can we please have a new but separate version of this image please showing the UK in orange within the nine country European Communites? This can be used in articles relating to when we joined and the 1975 referendum. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 15:50, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: New image request

message: What is the offical status of the Act going to be after Jan 31 then the UK has left the EU. The way I see it Legally the Act is repealed however the effect of the Act is being saved by a amendment the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 until December 2020 so after Friday do we class the Act itself as “repealed” or “effect saved” as this is seems to be a  unique status for a UK act of Parliament to be repealed yet still have legal force. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 19:05, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a clue. I wonder though whether the Statute Law Revision Act had the same issues that you might learn from without falling into WP:OR. That suggestion is made without confusing myself with any facts from the article, so obviously it must be true. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:28, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The issue is now resolved thanks to clarification on legislation.gov.uk. The Act is officially “Repealed” although it’s effects are saved via the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 and I have changed the Acts status from “partially repealed” as it’s not in any form it’s official status to fully “repealed” as that is the official status. Please do NOT change this status. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 14:15, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Act status after Jan 31