[F1Article 8U.K.
1.This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
2.From the date of adoption of this Decision the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall be deemed irrevocably to have notified the President of the Council under Article 5 of the Schengen Protocol that it wishes to take part in all proposals and initiatives which build upon the Schengen acquis referred to in Article 1. Such participation shall cover the territories referred to in Article 5(1) and (2) respectively, to the extent that the proposals and initiatives build upon the provisions of the Schengen acquis to which those territories become bound.
3.Measures building upon the Schengen acquis referred to in Article 1 which have been adopted prior to the adoption of the Council decision referred to in Article 6 shall take effect for the United Kingdom on the date or dates on which the Council decides under Article 6 to put the acquis referred to in Article 1 into effect for the United Kingdom unless the measure itself provides for a later date.]
Textual Amendments
F1Decision revoked so far as it relates to Articles 26, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46-49 and 51 of the 1990 Schengen Convention (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 8(1)(a), 99(a), 119(1)(a) (with reg. 8(3)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1408, regs. 1, 7, 8, 29) and The Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/745), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)