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LORDS AMENDMENTS TO THE

European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill

[The page and line references are to HL Bill 172, the bill as first printed for the Lords]

Clause 1

1

Page 1, line 2, leave out “after the day”

 

2

Page 1, line 2, after “Assent” insert “or on the day after that day”

 

3

Page 1, line 2, leave out “the Prime Minister” and insert “a Minister of the Crown”

 

4

Page 1, line 21, leave out subsections (6) and (7)

 

5

Page 2, line 3, at end insert—

 

“(8)    

Nothing in this section prevents a Minister of the Crown from seeking, or

 

agreeing to, an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) of the

 

Treaty on European Union otherwise than in accordance with this section

 

provided that the extension cannot end earlier than 22 May 2019.

 

(9)    

In deciding for the purposes of subsection (8) whether an extension cannot

 

end earlier than 22 May 2019, the earlier ending of the extension as a result

 

of the entry into force of the withdrawal agreement (as provided for in

 

Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union) is to be ignored.”

 
 

Bill 376                

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Revised 08 April 2019