Various shopkeepers appealed convictions for breach of regulations requiring food sold by weight to be described in metric amounts. They claimed that the Regulations made under the 1985 Act, to the extent that they were inconsistent with it impliedly repealed the 1972 Act to that extent (2(2)).
Held: The EC Treaty was unlike others in creating a new and unique legal order which was supreme above the legal systems of the member states. On accession under the 1972 Act, the United Kingdom bowed its head to that supremacy. The 1972 Act was a constitutional Act, and at common law could only be repealed by express provision. All specific rights and obligations created by European Law were incorporated into domestic law and ranked supreme by the 1972 Act, which was a constitutional statute, and could not be impliedly repealed. That the 1972 Act was a constitutional statute was derived from common law which recognised such a category. The fundamental legal basis of the United Kingdom’s relationship with the EU rested with the domestic, not the European legal powers.
Judges:
Lord Justice Laws, Mr Justice Crane
Citations:
Gazette 11-Apr-2002, [2001] EWCH Admin 195, [2003] QB 151
Links:
Statutes:
European Communities Act 1972 2(2), Weights and Measures Act 1985 1, Weights and Measures Act 1985 (Metrification) (Amendment) Order 1994 (SI 1994 No 2866), Unit of Measurement Regulations 1994 (1994 No 2867), Price Marking Order 1999 (1999 No 3042)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
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Held: Instruments . .
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Article 50 Notice Requires Parliament’s Authority
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Held: Once the . .
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Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Constitutional, European, Consumer
Updated: 05 June 2022; Ref: scu.167622