yes, but we passed a law making that the case

Below is the relevant section of the European Communities Act 1972 from the UK Parliament. It only applies to cover matters covered by EU Treaties/Laws, not all UK laws. And which makes total sense - you can't have a Treaty to provide standard regulations in a certain field across an area and then have it interpreted totally differently in different parts of that area. That would defeat the whole object of standard regulations and nullify the single market.

15. Section 3(1) provides:

For the purpose of all legal proceedings any question as to the meaning or effect of any of the Treaties, or as to the validity, meaning or effect of any EU instrument, shall be treated as a question of law (and, if not referred to the European Court, be for determination as such in accordance with the principles laid down by and any relevant decision of the European Court).

Posted By: mr carra on June 20th 2016 at 15:09:53

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        maybe this would be the point at which to read the article ... (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 20, 13:21:32
        
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    - EU rules that apply here only do so because of a law passed by our Parliament (General Chat) - mr carra, Jun 20, 12:17:43
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        yes, but we passed a law making that the case (General Chat) - mr carra, Jun 20, 15:09:53

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