Financial and other matters
14Financial provision
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Schedule 4 (which contains powers in connection with fees and charges) has effect.
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A Minister of the Crown, government department or devolved authority may incur expenditure, for the purpose of, or in connection with, preparing for anything about which provision may be made under a power to make subordinate legislation conferred or modified by or under this Act, before any such provision is made.
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There is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
a
any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown, government department or other public authority by virtue of this Act, and
b
any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable by virtue of any other Act out of money so provided.
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Subsection (3) is subject to any other provision made by or under this Act or any other enactment.
I115Publication and rules of evidence
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Part 1 of Schedule 5 (which makes provision for the publication by the Queen's Printer of copies of retained direct EU legislation and related information) has effect.
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Part 2 of Schedule 5 (which makes provision about rules of evidence) has effect.
15AF2Prohibition on extending implementation period
A Minister of the Crown may not agree in the Joint Committee to an extension of the implementation period.
15BF7Ministerial co-chairs of the Joint Committee
The functions of the United Kingdom’s co-chair of the Joint Committee, under Annex VIII of the withdrawal agreement (rules of procedure of the Joint Committee and specialised committees), are to be exercised personally by a Minister of the Crown (and, accordingly, only a Minister of the Crown may be designated as a replacement under Rule 1(3)).
15CF5No use of written procedure in the Joint Committee
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The United Kingdom’s co-chair of the Joint Committee may not consent to the Joint Committee using the written procedure provided for in Rule 9(1) of Annex VIII of the withdrawal agreement.
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In subsection (1) the reference to the United Kingdom’s co-chair of the Joint Committee includes a reference to any designee of the co-chair designated under Rule 1(3) of Annex VIII of the withdrawal agreement.
F416Maintenance of environmental principles etc.
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17Family unity for those seeking asylum or other protection in Europe
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A Minister of the Crown must, within the period of two months beginning with the day on which the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 is passed, lay before Parliament a statement of policy in relation to any future arrangements between the United Kingdom and the EU about—
a
unaccompanied children, who make an application for international protection to a member State, coming to the United Kingdom where it is in their best interests to join a relative who—
i
is a lawful resident of the United Kingdom, or
ii
has made a protection claim which has not been decided, and
b
unaccompanied children in the United Kingdom, who make a protection claim, going to a member State to join a relative there in equivalent circumstances.
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For the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(i) a person is not a lawful resident of the United Kingdom if the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it.
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For the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(ii), a protection claim is decided—
a
when the Secretary of State notifies the claimant of the Secretary of State's decision on the claim, unless the claimant appeals against the decision, or
b
if the claimant appeals against the Secretary of State's decision on the claim, when the appeal is disposed of.
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In this section—
“application for international protection” has the meaning given by Article 2(h) of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted;
“protection claim” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (see section 82(2) of that Act);
“relative”, in relation to an unaccompanied child, means—
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a spouse or civil partner of the child or any person with whom the child has a durable relationship that is similar to marriage or civil partnership, or
- b
a parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, brother or sister of the child;
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“unaccompanied child” means a person under the age of 18 (“the child”) who is not in the care of a person who—
- a
is aged 18 or over, and
- b
by law or custom of the country or territory in which the child is present, has responsibility for caring for the child.
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F618Customs arrangement as part of the framework for the future relationship
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F319Future interaction with the law and agencies of the EU
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