Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023: Fifth Assimilated Law Report
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Blair McDougall)
Today the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament pursuant to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 and published it on gov.uk. This report updates the House in line with the obligations under section 17 of the REUL Act, which requires a report to be published and laid before Parliament every six months detailing all revocations and reforms of assimilated law. This is the fifth report being laid before the House.
The report today summarises the data on the assimilated law dashboard, providing the public with information about the amount of assimilated law there is and where it sits across Departments. The dashboard reflects the position as of 23 December 2025, showing a total of 6,925 instruments of REUL or assimilated law concentrated over approximately 400 unique policy areas. Since the previous update to the dashboard, 61 assimilated law instruments have either been revoked or reformed. In addition, Departments have undertaken further analysis and amended their record of assimilated law. As a result, a net figure of 2,571 instruments have now been revoked or reformed in total.
The report gives details of 25 statutory instruments which were laid by the Government using powers under the REUL Act and other domestic legislation since the previous report. These statutory instruments amend assimilated law to deliver the Government’s priorities. This includes, for example, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2025 which were made under the Environment Act 2021 and create a fair and level playing field for all businesses placing electricals on to the UK market.
The Government remain committed to fostering a pro-business environment through a streamlined regulatory framework that drives growth and supports innovation. This includes our work reforming assimilated law.
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