Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023

As a member of the Chair’s Panel,  I chaired the Committee scrutinising the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 on Wednesday 29 November 2023.

The Regulations make amendments that are needed in consequence of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“REUL Act”). This instrument removes references to retained EU law (“REUL”) throughout primary legislation and replaces the term with “assimilated law”, so that the text of primary legislation is amended. This reflects section 5 of the REUL Act, which provides that REUL (and related terms, such as “retained EU case law”) that remains in force will be known as “assimilated law” (and related terms, such as “assimilated EU case law”) at all times after the end of 2023.