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Here's a thing:
The UK EU Withdrawal Act, which is now law, says this about the Joint Report of Dec 2017: "Nothing... in this Act authorises regulations which create or facilitate border arrangements between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after exit day...
The UK EU Withdrawal Act, which is now law, says this about the Joint Report of Dec 2017: "Nothing... in this Act authorises regulations which create or facilitate border arrangements between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after exit day...
... which feature physical infrastructure, including border posts, or checks and controls, that did not exist before exit day and are not in accordance with an agreement between the United Kingdom and the EU."
Does this clash with the Brady Amendment? If the UK pursues the Malthouse Compromise that would not cover all checks and controls as laid down by the Joint Report, ie those SPS controls and anything which inhibits the all-island economy. H/T @aewingmsp for pointing that out.
