Month: March 2019

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The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

These Regulations amend the eligibility rules relating to Part I and Part III of the Register of British Ships, contained within the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/3138) (“the Registration Regulations”). The rules relating to Part I are amended by regulation 5, which expands eligibility to Commonwealth citizens, citizens of states listed in a further list (in a new Schedule 6 to the Registration Regulations), and non-United Kingdom citizens who are settled in the United Kingdom. The rules relating to Part III (small ships) are amended by regulation 25 which expands eligibility to non-United Kingdom citizens who are settled in the United Kingdom.

Link: The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13) to establish a sanctions regime in relation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the purposes of implementing many of the obligations that the United Kingdom has under UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371(2017), 2375(2017), and 2397 (2017). They also have the purposes of restricting the ability of the DPRK to carry on its nuclear, biological or chemical weapons programmes, other weapons of mass destruction programmes and ballistic missile programmes, to promote the abandonment of those programmes and the decommissioning of the weapons, and to promote peace, security and stability on the Korean peninsula.

Link: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

These Regulations make amendments to Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003. That Regulation becomes part of domestic law on exit day by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) and these Regulations ensure that the former continues to operate effectively without deficiency as part of UK law in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

Link: The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in sections 51(1)(a), 52(2) and (5) and 56(1) and (4) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22) (“TCTA”) and section 16A(1), (2)(b) and (4) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23) (“VATA”) in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU.

Link: The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section 8(2)(d)) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (“UK”) from the European Union.

Link: The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 (“the Principal Regulations”), which provide for the making and recovery of charges for relevant services provided under the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41) to certain persons not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

Link: The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk