The U.K. government signed legislation into force that will ensure EU law will cease to apply in Britain after the current Brexit deadline of Oct. 31.

In a “landmark moment,” Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay on Sunday repealed the European Communities Act (ECA) that has automatically transferred EU laws into domestic statute since the country joined the European Economic Community (as was) in 1972.

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