English: direct EU law

Part of speech

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Definition

In this section, “direct EU law” means— (a) provisions of the EU Treaties that have direct effect in EU law so far as its effect is not reproduced in an enactment that applies in relation to Wales (whether or not it extends and applies to other territories); (b) provision in any EU regulation, EU decision or EU tertiary legislation as it has effect in EU law so far as its effect is not reproduced in an enactment that applies in relation to Wales (whether or not it extends and applies to other territories); (c) any Annex to the EEA agreement, as it has effect in EU law so far as— (i) it refers to, or contains adaptations of, anything falling within paragraph (b), and (ii) its effect is not reproduced in an enactment that applies in relation to Wales (whether or not it extends and applies to other territories); (d) Protocol 1 to the EEA agreement (which contains horizontal adaptations that apply in relation to EU instruments referred to in the Annexes to that agreement), as it has effect in EU law immediately before exit day.