Decision No.5/16 - OSCE Efforts Related to Reducing the Risks of Conflict Stemming from the Use of Information and Communication Technologies
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In section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), in the definition of “the Treaties” and “the Community Treaties”, after paragraph (p), insert and.
For the purpose of section 12 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c. 24) (ratification of treaties), the treaty concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, signed at Athens on 16th April 2003, is approved.
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The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that a specified enactment relating to— applies in relation to a national of a relevant acceding State as it applies in relation to a national of an EEA State.
the entitlement of a national of an EEA State to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as a worker, or
any matter ancillary to that entitlement,
Regulations under this section in respect of a specified enactment may apply that enactment subject to specified exceptions or modifications.
Regulations under this section—
may include incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional provision;
may make different provision for different cases.
Regulations under this section do not have effect so as to apply an enactment in relation to a national of a relevant acceding State which has not ratified the treaty mentioned in section 1(2).
The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument.
Regulations may not be made under this section unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
But, in the case of regulations other than the first set of regulations under this section, subsection (6) does not apply if it appears to the Secretary of State that by reason of urgency they should be made without being approved in draft.
Where by virtue of subsection (7) regulations are made without being approved in draft, the regulations—
must be laid before Parliament, and
cease to have effect at the end of the period mentioned in subsection (9) unless they are approved during that period by resolution of each House of Parliament.
The period referred to in subsection (8)(b) is the period of 40 days—
beginning with the day on which the regulations are made, and
ignoring any period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.
The fact that regulations cease to have effect by virtue of subsection (8)—
does not affect the lawfulness of anything done before the regulations cease to have effect, and
does not prevent the making of new regulations.
In this section—
“worker” means the same as it does for the purposes of Article 39 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.
“enactment” includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30));
“relevant acceding State” means any of the following—
the Republic of Slovenia,
the Slovak Republic;
the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Lithuania,
“specified” means specified in regulations under this section; and
the Republic of Poland,
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