Title page
Contents
Summary 5
1. Background 7
1.1. What is retained EU law? 7
1.2. What is assimilated law? 7
1.3. Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 8
2. Ministerial powers under the REUL Act 9
2.1. What powers do ministers have under the Act? 9
3. What happened at the end of 2023? 15
3.1. Revocation of some REUL 15
3.2. Assimilation of REUL 15
3.3. Role of the courts 16
4. Retained EU law Dashboard and Report 17
4.1. The REUL Dashboard 17
4.2. New statutory duty to update Dashboard and to report on REUL reform 17
4.3. The updated REUL Dashboard 19
5. The first REUL reform report 21
5.1. Progress with revocation and reform of REUL 21
6. SIs made under the REUL Act (before 2024) 23
7. The UK Government's "key reforms" 35
7.1. Reforms made using REUL Act powers 35
7.2. No substantive policy changes in most cases 36
7.3. REUL reform under other primary legislation 36
7.4. Smarter regulation 37
8. The REUL reform "roadmap" 39
8.1. Roadmap for the existing stock of REUL 39
8.2. Proposed assimilated law reforms for 2024 39
8.3. Restatement of REUL or assimilated law 40
8.4. Section 4 rights 40
9. Next steps 42
9.1. More revocation than reform? 42
9.2. Challenges for further reform 42