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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those items of legislation introduced since 1997 in response to a ruling against the Government at the European Court of Justice. [216451] Substantive answer from Denis MacShane to John Hayes: You recently tabled a Parliamentary Question asking the Foreign Secretary to list those items of legislation introduced since 1997 in response to a ruling against the Government in the European Court of Justice, I answered as Minister for Europe and informed you that I would write with further details when they were available. I am pleased to be able to do so now. Legislation introduced as a result of rulings in the European Court of Justice is relevant to all Government Departments, not just the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The information below has been collated from information received from all Departments, with the exception of HM Treasury, the Department for Transport and the Wales Office, who were unable to provide the information from their records. Table of secondary legislation since 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Title of legislation SI number Amendments introduced as a result of specified ruling by ECJ Regulation 5, Social Fund Maternity and SI 1997/2538 Case C-237/94, John O'Flynn v Adjudication Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Officer Regulation 1997 Regulation 2, Social Fund Winter Fuel SI 2000/729 Case C-382/98, R v Secretary of State for Payment Regulations 2000 Social Security, ex p John Henry Taylor Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) SI 1999/1102 Case C-13/94, P v S and Cornwall County Regulations 1999 Council Equal Pay Act 1970 (Amendment) Regulations SI 2003/1656 Case C-326/96, Levez v TH Jennings (Harlow 2003 Pools) Ltd, and Case C-78/98, Preston v Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS Trust Regulation 3 and 4, Sex Discrimination Act SI 2003/1657 Case C-185/97, Coote v Granada Hospitality 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 Ltd Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2001 SI 2001/3256 Case C-173/99, R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex parte BECTU Regulation 11, Immigration (European SI 2000/2326 Case C-370/90, R v Immigration Appeal Economic Area) Regulations 2000 Tribunal and Surrender Singh, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department Regulation 2(3), Immigration (European SI 2003/549 Case C-413/99, Baumbast v Secretary of Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 State for the Home Department Regulation 2, Immigration (European Economic SI 2005/47 Case C-109/01, Akrich v Secretary of State Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 for the Home Department Value Added Tax (Insurance) Order 2004 SI 2004/3083 Case C-394/96, Card Protection Plan v The Commissioners of Customs and Excise Drinking Water (Undertakings) (England and SI 2000/1297 Case C-340/96, Commission v United Kingdom Wales) Regulations 2000 Nitrates Vulnerable Zones (Additional SI 2002/2614 Case C-69/99, Commission v United Kingdom Designations) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2002 Amendment to Principal Civil Service Pension N/A Case C-78/98, Preston v Wolverhampton Scheme. Done by way of an amendment scheme Healthcare NHS Trust laid before Parliament on 22/07/04 Immigration Act 1971 (c.77) (amended Section 3(2) Case C-200/02, Chen v Secretary of State December 2004) for the Home Department Finance Act 2000 (c.17) Corporation tax rules Case C-254/96, ICI v Colmer. Amendments to these rules also a result of a wide ranging modernisation. _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

216451; 432 c1488-90W;432 c1484-6W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

EU law Judgements European Court of Justice

Link

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