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| | European Union (Amendment) Bill
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| | | The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Orders of the House |
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| | | [28th January and 3rd March 2008].
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| | | (1) Remaining proceedings on Clause 8, and
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| | | (2) New Clauses and New Schedules |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Section [Sunset] comes into force on Royal Assent.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2ZA) | Section [Revocation] comes into force on Royal Assent.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, leave out line 8 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon] and Schedule [Conduct of the |
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| | | Referendum] come into force on Royal Assent. |
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| | | (2B) | The other provisions of this Act come into force if affirmative answers have been |
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| | | given to both of the questions asked in a referendum held in accordance with |
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| | | section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon] and Schedule [Conduct of the |
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| | | Referendum] and any legal challenge made under that Schedule has been |
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| | | disposed of by the court or courts in question.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, leave out line 8 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Section [Referendum] comes into force on Royal Assent. |
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| | | (2B) | The other provisions of this Act come into force if an affirmative answer has been |
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| | | given to the question asked in a referendum held in accordance with section |
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| | | [Referendum] and any legal challenge made under an order made under that |
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| | | section has been disposed of by the court or courts in question.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, leave out line 8 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Section [Declaration by Secretary of State and Referendum] comes into force on |
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| | | (2B) | The other provisions of this Act come into force when the Secretary of State |
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| | | makes a declaration as referred to in [Declaration by Secretary of State and |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, leave out line 8 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Section [Declaration by Secretary of State, Resolution by House of Commons and |
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| | | Referendum] comes into force on Royal Assent. |
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| | | (2B) | The other provisions of this Act come into force when the Secretary of State |
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| | | makes a declaration as referred to in section [Declaration by Secretary of State, |
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| | | Resolution by House of Commons and Referendum] and the House of Commons |
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| | | has passed a resolution as referred to in the same section.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, leave out line 8 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2)] and Schedule [Conduct of |
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| | | the Referendum (No. 2)] come into force on Royal Assent. |
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| | | (2B) | The other provisions of this Act come into force if an affirmative answer has been |
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| | | given to the question specified in section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon |
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| | | (No. 2)] in a referendum held in accordance with that section and Schedule |
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| | | [Conduct of the Referendum (No. 2)] and any legal challenge made under that |
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| | | Schedule has been disposed of by the court or courts in question.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, leave out line 8 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon (No. 3)] and Schedule [Conduct of |
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| | | the Referendum No. 2] come into force on Royal Assent. |
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| | | (2B) | The other provisions of this Act come into force if an affirmative answer has been |
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| | | given to the question asked in a referendum held in accordance with section |
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| | | [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon (No. 3)] and Schedule [Conduct of the |
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| | | Referendum (No. 2)] and any legal challenge made under that Schedule has been |
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| | | disposed of by the court or courts in question.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 8, leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘only if an affirmative |
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| | answer has been given to a referendum held in accordance with Schedules (Referendum |
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| | on the Treaty of Lisbon) and (Conduct of the Referendum) (which shall have effect) and |
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| | any legal challenge made under paragraph 3 of Schedule (Referendum on the Treaty of |
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| | Lisbon) has been disposed of by the court or courts in question’. |
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| | Page 4, line 1, leave out Clause 8. |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | A referendum shall be held throughout the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on the |
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| | | day specified by an order made by a Minister of the Crown. |
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| | | (2) | The question to be asked in the referendum is— |
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| | | | “Should the United Kingdom approve the Lisbon Treaty?” |
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5 | | (3) | A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision in relation to the |
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| | | (a) | determines the referendum period for the purposes of Part 7 of the |
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| | | Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41); and |
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| | | (b) | requires ballot papers to be used by voters in Wales, after having set out |
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10 | | the question and the possible answers in English, to set them out again, |
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| | | with equal prominence, in Welsh. |
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| | | (c) | makes provision as to the conduct of the referendum, entitlement to vote |
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| | | in the referendum and legal challenge to the referendum result. |
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| | | (4) | The question in Welsh is— |
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15 | | | “A ddylai’r Deyrnas Gyfunol gymeradwyo Cyfundeb Lisbon?” |
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| | | (5) | Every power of a Minister of the Crown to make an order under this section shall |
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| | | be exercisable by statutory instrument. |
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| | | (6) | An order under this section may be made only if a draft of the order has been— |
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| | | (a) | laid before Parliament; and |
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20 | | (b) | approved by a resolution of each House. |
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| | | (7) | The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument bring the |
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| | | provisions of this Act into force provided that a majority of votes in the |
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| | | referendum shall have been cast in favour of approving the Lisbon Treaty.’. |
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| | | As Amendments to Mr William Hague’s proposed New Clause (Referendum) |
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| | Leave out line 4 and insert ‘ “Should the United Kingdom remain in the European |
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| | Leave out line 15 and insert ‘ “A ddylai’r Deyrnas Unedig aros o fewn yr Undeb |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The provisions of this Act come into force in accordance with section |
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| | | Common foreign and security policy |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Secretary of State shall, not later than 1st January 2009, lay before both |
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| | | Houses of Parliament a report setting out the role and powers of the High |
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| | | Representative and External Action Service and how they differ from those of the |
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| | | proposed Foreign Minister and External Action Service in the Treaty establishing |
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| | | a Constitution for Europe.’. |
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| | | Protection of existing police and criminal justice obligations |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Before the expiry of the transitional provision included in Article 10 of the |
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| | | Protocol on Transitional Provisions, the United Kingdom shall notify the Council |
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| | | that it does not accept the powers of the European Union institutions described in |
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| | | Article 10(1) of that Protocol over acts adopted before the entry into force of the |
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| | | (2) | In this section, “the Council” means that European Union institution founded on |
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| | | Article 16 of the Treaty on European Union.’. |
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| | | Government opinion on adherence to subsidiarity |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The relevant Secretary of State shall present to Parliament his opinion on whether |
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| | | a draft European Union legislative act forwarded to national parliaments under |
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| | | the Protocol on the Role of National Parliaments in the European Union complies |
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| | | with the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality, set out in Article |
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| | | 5 of the Treaty on European Union. |
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| | | (2) | This opinion shall include supporting evidence.’. |
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| | | Disapplication of the Charter of Fundamental Rights |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘Notwithstanding any provision of the European Communities Act 1972, nothing |
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| | | in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of December 7th |
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| | | 2000, as adapted at Strasbourg on December 12th 2007, shall be binding in any |
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| | | legal proceedings in the United Kingdom and shall not form part of the law |
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| | | applicable in any part of the United Kingdom.’. |
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| | | Disapplication of the legislative procedure in relation to justice and home affairs |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘Notwithstanding any provision of the European Communities Act 1972, nothing |
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| | | in Articles 68 to 89 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union shall |
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| | | be binding in any legal proceedings in the United Kingdom and shall not form |
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| | | part of the law applicable in any part of the United Kingdom.’. |
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