Retained EU Law: EU Exit Regulations

There are extensive powers set out in section 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 for a minister to make regulations to remedy or mitigate failures or deficiencies in retained EU law. The devolved authorities have similar powers.

The volume of what is collectively referred to as ‘EU Exit’ regulations is substantial and represents an unprecedented transfer of legislative competence from Parliament to the Government.  At the outset, it was estimated that between 800 to 1,000 EU Exit regulations would be required and with some at over 600 pages long they presented a challenge to parliamentary scrutiny.