This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government

Rejected petition REPEAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT (ECA) OF 1972

The European Communities Act 1972 authorises the implementation of EU law as national law in the UK.

https://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/hamlyn/european.htm

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The European Communities Act 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing for the incorporation of European Union law (originally Community law) into the domestic law of the United Kingdom.It may be repealed or amended following the decision in the EU Referendum to "Leave the European Union.

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