Public Consultation and Legislation Submissions

[Clyde1998]

A BILL

To promote an open, efficient and stable common market for long-term job creation, economic growth and stability;
To reduce and eliminate, to the extent possible, barriers to the free movement of persons, goods, services and investments between our two countries;
To promote equal economic opportunity for citizens of our countries;
To enhance the competitiveness of business in our countries;
To promote sustainable and environmentally sound development;
To recognize the diverse social, cultural and economic characteristics of our countries; and
To Respect the legislative authorities of the Atlasian Congress and the regional legislatures under the Fourth Constitution of Atlasia and the legislative authorities of the United Kingdom Parliament and the provincial legislatures under the Constitution of the United Kingdom

Be it enacted by the Congress of the Republic of Atlasia assembled;

SECTION 1. TITLE

This legislation may be cited as the Atlasia-United Kingdom Common Market Agreement.

SECTION 2. OPERATING PRINCIPLES

The Governments of the United Kingdom and Atlasia hereby agree to as follows:

1. This agreement applies to trade within and between Atlasia and the United Kingdom

2. This agreement represents a mutually agreed balance of rights and obligations among Atlasia and the United Kingdom

3. In the application of this agreement, the signatories shall be guided by the following principles:
    a. Elimination of trade barriers to trade between Atlasia and the United Kingdom
    b. Equal treatment of Atlasian and British goods, services, and investments, irrespective of their country of origin
    c. Reconciliation of standards and regulatory measures

4. Each signatory is responsible for compliance with this agreement by its federal, regional, and local government agencies and all other governmental bodies.

SECTION 3. AFFIRMATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Nothing in this agreement alters the authority of the government of Atlasia under the Third Constitution of Atlasia or the authority of the government of the United Kingdom under the Constitution of the United Kingdom

SECTION 4. GENERAL RULES

1. Reciprocal Non-Discrimination: Each signatory shall accord to goods of any other signatory treatment no less favorable than the best treatment it accords to its own like, directly competitive, or substitutable goods. Each signatory shall accord to persons, services, and investments of any signatory treatment no less favorable than the best treatment it accords, in like circumstances, to its own persons, services and investments.

2. Right of Entry and Exit: No signatory shall adopt or maintain any measure that restricts or prevents the movement of persons, goods, services, or investments of any other signatory across national borders.

3. Reconciliation: The signatories shall reconcile their standards and standard-related measures by harmonization or mutual recognition.

4. Transparency: Each signatory shall ensure that its legislation, regulations, procedures, guidelines,
and administrative rulings related to matters covered by this agreement are made readily accessible.

SECTION 5. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND LIMITED JURISDCTIONAL AUTHORITY

1. In pursuance of the "freedom of movement" concept of the Atlasia-United Kingdom Common Market, there shall be no passport requirement security check for individual citizens crossing the border to or from the UK.

2. Atlasian and British agencies responsible for ensuring border security shall cooperate to establish a common security perimeter by January 1, 2017.

3. Beginning [date TBD], law enforcement and customs authorities shall as a general rule carry out simple visual surveillance of pedestrians private vehicle crossing the common border at reduced speed, without requiring such pedestrians or vehicles to stop.

4. The signatories shall work to unify their visa policies as soon as possible.

5. Atlasian citizens having temporary or permanent residence within the United Kingdom, for business purposes or otherwise, shall be under Limited Jurisdiction Authority granted in this Common Market agreement to the regions and the federal government.

   a. Atlasian citizens living in England shall be considered as citizens of The North for limited jurisdictional and regional/federal electoral purposes.

   b. Atlasian citizens living in Scotland shall be considered as citizens of The South for limited jurisdictional and regional/federal electoral purposes.

   c. Atlasian citizens living in Northern Ireland and Wales shall be considered as citizens of Fremont for limited jurisdictional and regional/federal electoral purposes.

4. While Atlasian citizens living within the United Kingdom and British citizens living within Republic of Atlasia shall certainly be bound by the respective laws governing their residence and place of business, nothing in Section 5 or the Common Market Agreement shall be construed as weakening the United Kingdom or Atlasian national sovereignty or encroaching on the autonomy of the government of Atlasia or the United Kingdom.

5. Once the agreement has been passed by both the Congress of Atlasia and the UK Parliament, the respective bodies in each country responsible for foreign relations shall appoint commissions who shall convene to formulate a uniform border security and anti-terrorism policy for the two countries with respect to their common border. This shall be simulated by the Game Moderator and Secretary of External Affairs, who will thus provide to the Senate the recommendations, which the Congress will then consider as legislation.

As mentioned before, I believe the regions for England and Scotland should be swapped due to the geographical locations of both territories within the United Kingdom. I'm not sure why they've been put the way round that they have been. Additionally, Gibraltar would need to be included, as it was a member of the European Union under the UK's membership. For European elections, Gibraltar was considered part of the South West of England - so I would recommend that Gibraltarians are added to the same region as England.

On top of this, I would add a clause stating that this agreement should be subject to the agreement of citizens of both countries via a referendum, under the terms of each countries' constitution.

Also, Section 5, Clauses 2 and 3 are irrelevant to both countries, as we don't share a land or maritime border. Additionally, the treaty cannot go into force while the United Kingdom is a member of the European Union.

[Clyde1998]

I'm planning on introducing this bill, if elected, in the Northern Assembly (modified for use in the Northern region), but I feel that it should be considered for national implementation - if someone is willing to sponsor it.

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[Clyde1998]

Amendment to the Atlasian Constitution - House Seat Reduction

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Amendment to the Atlasian Constitution - House Seat Reduction

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I can sponsor this on your behalf.

Thank you.

[Clyde1998]

Thank you for your submission. I'll be happy to sponsor this bill for you in the Senate. I'll introduce this to the Senate tomorrow.

I believe the first suggestion has been passed in the House (I need to introduce it to the Senate) and I'll be happy to propose a solution to the second one in a bill.

[Clyde1998]

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This amendment resolves ambiguous wording in cl. 2 and bring postnominals in line with normal customs (cf., "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and George"-> GCMG, not "OMG(GC)".

Thank you for your submission. I will introduce this to the Senate in the coming days.