This bill removes special EU legal powers from UK law by end of 2023 and lets the government rewrite or scrap over 3,000 pieces of inherited EU rules. It gives courts freedom to ignore old EU case law when making decisions.
A Bill to revoke certain retained EU law; to make provision relating to the interpretation of retained EU law and to its relationship with other law; to make provision relating to powers to modify retained EU law; to enable the restatement, replacement or updating of certain retained EU law; to enable the updating of restatements and replacement provision; to abolish the business impact target; and for connected purposes
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lord Callanan
Introduced: 2022-09-22
Royal Assent: 2023-06-21