8(1)Paragraphs 3 to 7 and this paragraph—
(a)do not prevent the conferral of wider powers,
(b)do not apply so far as section 57(4) of the Scotland Act 1998, section 80(8) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 or section 24(3) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 applies (or would apply when in force on and after exit day), and
(c)are subject to any other provision made by or under this Act or any other enactment.
(2)For the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 5—
(a)a power is conferred whether or not it is in force, and
(b)a power in retained direct EU legislation is not conferred before the day on which this Act is passed.
(3)A power which, by virtue of paragraph 3 or 5 or any Act of Parliament passed before, and in the same Session as, this Act, is capable of being exercised to modify any retained EU law is capable of being so exercised before exit day so as to come into force on or after exit day.