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pjc50 on Feb 14, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of s...

Yeah, I don't think it's quite as simple as commentators are making out, because ECJ rulings have roughly constitutional-level effects in disapplying Acts.

blibble on Feb 15, 2024 [–]

only because Parliament allowed it to be so by passing the European Communities Act 1972

this power was removed by one line in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018:

> The European Communities Act 1972 is repealed on exit day.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/pdfs/ukpga_2018...

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