| Short Title: | European Union (Accessions) Act 2006[1] |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to make provision consequential on the treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, signed at Luxembourg on 25th April 2005; and to make provision in relation to the entitlement of nationals of those states to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as workers. |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 2006 c 2 |
| Royal Assent: | 16 February 2006 |
| Commencement: | 16 February 2006[2] |
| Status: | Amended |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/2/contents/enacted |
| Legislation History: | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills/046/2006046.htm |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/2/contents |
The European Union (Accessions) Act 2006 (c 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which ratified and legislated for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union. It received Royal assent on 16 February 2006.
The Act is amended by articles 3, 4 and 6 of the Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043).
Section 1(1) inserts section 1(2)(r) of the European Communities Act 1972.
Section 1(2) provides that the treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, signed at Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 is approved for purposes of section 12 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.
Section 2(1) provides: