Taking back control over retained EU law (Pt 5)

26 May 2023 / Michael Zander KC

Issue: 8026 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , EU , Brexit

Michael Zander on how the Government’s U-turn was greeted by the House of Lords at the Report stage of the Bill

Peers welcomed the Government’s decision to remove 587 pieces of legislation as opposed to nearly 5,000, but there was much criticism of the inadequate time for consideration of the scheduled list.
The Scottish and the Welsh legislative assemblies have refused assent to the Bill.

At the end of my piece on the committee stage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill I wrote: ‘Might the many cogent criticisms of the Bill advanced from all sides in the debates be reflected in government amendments at the report stage?’. There was no indication then of any such intention, but the Easter break resulted in a major breakthrough.

The sunsetting at the end of this year of what is now thought to be nearly 5,000 items of EU retained subsidiary legislation or retained direct EU legislation is being replaced by the removal

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content

If you are already a subscriber sign in

...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

Taking back control over retained EU law (Pt 5)

Michael Zander on how the Government’s U-turn was greeted by the House of Lords at the Report stage of the Bill

Peers welcomed the Government’s decision to remove 587 pieces of legislation as opposed to nearly 5,000, but there was much criticism of the inadequate time for consideration of the scheduled list.
The Scottish and the Welsh legislative assemblies have refused assent to the Bill.

The sunsetting at the end of this year of what is now thought to be nearly 5,000 items of EU retained subsidiary legislation or retained direct EU legislation is being replaced by the removal

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content

If you are already a subscriber sign in

...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

SourceURL:

Links:

E-newsletter Sign-Up

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Read All

Myers & Co—Jen Goodwin

Head of corporate promoted to director

Boies Schiller Flexner—Lindsay Reimschussel

Firm strengthens international arbitration team with key London hire

Corker Binning—Priya Dave

FCA contentious financial regulation lawyer joins the team as of counsel

NEWS

Read All

NLJ this week: Making Big Tech pay for digital addiction

Social media giants should face tortious liability for the psychological harms their platforms inflict, argues Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers in this week’s NLJ

NLJ this week: Leaseholders stuck in limbo

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024—once heralded as a breakthrough—has instead plunged leaseholders into confusion, warns Shabnam Ali-Khan of Russell-Cooke in this week’s NLJ

NLJ this week: When a trial period becomes a ‘reasonable adjustment’

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now confirmed that offering a disabled employee a trial period in an alternative role can itself be a 'reasonable adjustment' under the Equality Act 2010: in this week's NLJ, Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve analyses the evolving case law

NLJ this week: Ignore covenants at your peril

Caroline Shea KC and Richard Miller of Falcon Chambers examine the growing judicial focus on 'cynical breach' in restrictive covenant cases, in this week's issue of NLJ

NLJ this week: Courts caught in a ‘hierarchy of privacy’

Ian Gascoigne of LexisNexis dissects the uneasy balance between open justice and confidentiality in England’s civil courts, in this week's NLJ. From public hearings to super-injunctions, he identifies five tiers of privacy—from fully open proceedings to entirely secret ones—showing how a patchwork of exceptions has evolved without clear design

Error message

Taking back control over retained EU law (Pt 5)

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Myers & Co—Jen Goodwin

Boies Schiller Flexner—Lindsay Reimschussel

Corker Binning—Priya Dave