“Ha, glad am I that no one knew that Rumpelstiltskin I am styled”
Sunday, 12 Feb 2017, 23:12
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The Queen’s
messenger came to a high mountain at the end of the forest, where the fox and
the hare bid each other good night, there saw a little house, and before the
house a fire was burning, and round about the fire quite a ridiculous little
man was jumping, he hopped upon one leg, and shouted out his name:
Rumpelstiltskin.
Where Schedule 1
to the Interpretation Act 1978 meets Section 3 and Part 2 of the Schedule to
the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 a provision shouts out the name of the
abbreviation EU:
3. Changes of
terminology
This
section has no associated Explanatory Notes
(1)In section 1(2) of the European Communities Act
1972 (interpretation) before the definition of “the Communities” insert—
““the EU” means the European Union, being the Union
established by the Treaty on European Union signed at Maastricht on 7th
February 1992 (as amended by any later Treaty),”.
(2)A reference to the EU in an Act or an instrument
made under an Act includes, if and in so far as the context permits or
requires, a reference to the European Atomic Energy Community.
(3)The Table in the Schedule to this Act sets out
substitutions required to reflect terminology after the commencement of the
Treaty of Lisbon.
(4)The Secretary of State or the Treasury may by
order make other amendments of Acts or instruments made under Acts to reflect
changes in terminology or numbering arising out of the Treaty of Lisbon.
(5)An order under subsection (4)—
(a)may include incidental provision,
(b)shall be made by statutory instrument, and
(c)shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a
resolution of either House of Parliament.
(6)In an Act or instrument made under an Act a
reference to all or any of the Communities shall, in the application of the
enactment or instrument after the passing of this Act, be treated as being or
including (as the context requires) a reference to the EU.
And in the Interpretation Act 1978:
s. 5 Definitions.
In any Act, unless the contrary intention appears, words and
expressions listed in Schedule 1 to this Act are to be construed according to
that Schedule.
Schedule 1 is amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act
2008
Provision of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)
Existing expression
Substituted expression
Schedule 1 (definitions)
“ “The Communities”, “the Treaties” or “the Community Treaties””
“ “ The EU ” or “ the EU Treaties ”” (to be substituted in the
appropriate place in the Schedule)
""The devil has told you that! The devil has told you that," cried the little man, and in his anger he plunged his right foot so deep into the earth that his whole leg went in, and then in rage he pulled at his left leg so hard with both hands that he tore himself in two." (Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm)
“Ha, glad am I that no one knew that Rumpelstiltskin I am styled”
The Queen’s messenger came to a high mountain at the end of the forest, where the fox and the hare bid each other good night, there saw a little house, and before the house a fire was burning, and round about the fire quite a ridiculous little man was jumping, he hopped upon one leg, and shouted out his name: Rumpelstiltskin.
Where Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 meets Section 3 and Part 2 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 a provision shouts out the name of the abbreviation EU:
3. Changes of terminology
This section has no associated Explanatory Notes
(1)In section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (interpretation) before the definition of “the Communities” insert—
““the EU” means the European Union, being the Union established by the Treaty on European Union signed at Maastricht on 7th February 1992 (as amended by any later Treaty),”.
(2)A reference to the EU in an Act or an instrument made under an Act includes, if and in so far as the context permits or requires, a reference to the European Atomic Energy Community.
(3)The Table in the Schedule to this Act sets out substitutions required to reflect terminology after the commencement of the Treaty of Lisbon.
(4)The Secretary of State or the Treasury may by order make other amendments of Acts or instruments made under Acts to reflect changes in terminology or numbering arising out of the Treaty of Lisbon.
(5)An order under subsection (4)—
(a)may include incidental provision,
(b)shall be made by statutory instrument, and
(c)shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(6)In an Act or instrument made under an Act a reference to all or any of the Communities shall, in the application of the enactment or instrument after the passing of this Act, be treated as being or including (as the context requires) a reference to the EU.
And in the Interpretation Act 1978:
s. 5 Definitions.
In any Act, unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions listed in Schedule 1 to this Act are to be construed according to that Schedule.
Schedule 1 is amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008
Provision of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)
Existing expression
Substituted expression
Schedule 1 (definitions)
“ “The Communities”, “the Treaties” or “the Community Treaties””
“ “ The EU ” or “ the EU Treaties ”” (to be substituted in the appropriate place in the Schedule)
""The devil has told you that! The devil has told you that," cried the little man, and in his anger he plunged his right foot so deep into the earth that his whole leg went in, and then in rage he pulled at his left leg so hard with both hands that he tore himself in two." (Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm)