Section 15(1) and (2)

Questions as to meaning of EU law

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(1) Where it is necessary in legal proceedings to decide a question as to -

(a) the meaning or effect in EU law of any of the EU Treaties or any other treaty relating to the EU, or

(b) the validity, meaning or effect in EU law of any EU instrument, the question is to be treated as a question of law.

(2) In this paragraph -

"treaty" includes -

(a) any international agreement, and

(b) any protocol or annex to a treaty or international agreement.

Power to make provision about judicial notice and admissibility

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(1) A Minister of the Crown may by regulations -

(a) make provision enabling or requiring judicial notice to be taken of a relevant matter, or

(b) provide for the admissibility in any legal proceedings of specified evidence of -

(i) a relevant matter, or

(ii) instruments or documents issued by or in the custody of an EU entity.