(1) Where, immediately before the coming into operation of this Part, a reference in an enactment to a Member State included a reference to the United Kingdom by virtue of that state being a Member State of the European Communities or of the European Union, then, on the coming into operation of this Part, the reference in the enactment shall, in so far as is necessary to give effect to the terms of a withdrawal agreement, continue to include a reference to the United Kingdom.

(2) A reference to a Member State in an enactment that comes into operation at the same time as, or at any time after, the coming into operation of this Part shall, in so far as is necessary to give effect to the terms of a withdrawal agreement, include a reference to the United Kingdom.

(3) Subsection (1) applies whether the enactment concerned came into operation before, on the same day as or after the commencement of the Act of 2005.