2 Amendment to the definition of “exit day”
1 Section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
2 In subsection (1), in the definition of “exit day”, for “29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m. (and” substitute—

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(a) if, in accordance with Article 1 of European Council Decision (EU) 2019/476 of 22 March 2019, the period provided for in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union is extended until 22 May 2019, 11.00 p.m. on that day, or
OJNo. L 80 I, 22.03.2019, p. 1.
(b) if not, 11.00 p.m. on 12 April 2019,
(and”

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3 In subsection (2) for the words from “references”, where it first appears, to the end substitute—

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(a) references to before, after or on exit day are to be read as references to before, after or at 11.00 p.m. on 22 May 2019 or (as the case may be) 12 April 2019, and
(b) references to beginning with exit day are to be read as references to beginning with 11.00 p.m. on the day concerned.”

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