European Union (Accessions) Act 2006

The European Union (Accessions) Act 2006 (c 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which ratified and legislated for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union. It received Royal assent on 16 February 2006.

European Union (Accessions) Act 2006[1]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make provision consequential on the treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, signed at Luxembourg on 25th April 2005; and to make provision in relation to the entitlement of nationals of those states to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as workers.
Citation2006 c 2
Dates
Royal assent16 February 2006
Commencement16 February 2006[2]
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Part of a series of articles on
UK membership
of the European Union
(1973–2020)
Accession
1975 referendum
Treaty amendments
Single European Act, 1986 (UK ratification)
Maastricht Treaty, 1992 (UK ratification)
Treaty of Amsterdam, 1997 (UK ratification)
Treaty of Nice, 2001 (UK ratification)
Treaty of Lisbon, 2007 (UK ratification)
MEPs for UK constituencies
Members 1973–1979 (elected by parliament)
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Officials and bodies
Issues and events
Withdrawal

The Act is amended by articles 3, 4 and 6 of the Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043).

Section 1 - Accession treaty

Section 1(1) inserts section 1(2)(r) of the European Communities Act 1972.

Section 1(2) provides that the treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, signed at Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 is approved for purposes of section 12 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.

Section 2 - Freedom of movement for workers

Section 2(1) provides:

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision concerning-

(a) the entitlement of a national of an acceding State to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as a worker;
(b) any matter ancillary to that entitlement.[3]
"Secretary of State"
This means one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.[4]
Order made under this section
The Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3317)

See also

References
  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act.
  2. The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)
  3. Digital copy of section 2 from Legislation.gov.uk.
  4. The Interpretation Act 1978, section 5 and Schedule 1


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