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<Text>On and after Independence Day Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of Belize.</Text>
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<Text>No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after Independence Day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to Belize as part of its law; and on and after that day the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of Belize.</Text>
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