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U.K. Publishes Legislation That Breaches International Law
It would also allow the U.K. to over-ride EU state aid rules as they apply to Northern Ireland.
09 Sep 2020, 08:44 PM IST 
Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minister, arrives for the first in-person cabinet meeting since Johnson encouraged people to return to work in London, U.K. (Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. Internal Market Bill sets out how trade in goods and services within the U.K. will happen after Britain leaves the European Union.
- Legislation, published Wednesday, includes provisions that would allow ministers to over-ride parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement to ensure companies there have “unfettered access” to the U.K. internal market.
- It would also allow the U.K. to over-ride EU state aid rules as they apply to Northern Ireland
- Parts of the bill will “have effect notwithstanding inconsistency or incompatibility with international or other domestic law,” the bill says
- The legislation also:
- gives ministers power to provide financial assistance for economic development;
- creates the Office of the Internal Market to support the smooth-running of trade within the U.K.
- Link to legislation: here.
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