May 11th, 2023
2 mins
On 10th May, Government published a regulatory reform update, ‘Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy’. This accompanies the announcement from that an ‘amendment for Lords Report’ was being tabled, removing the current sunset clause in the Retained EU Law (REUL) Bill.
The ‘Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy’ update will be the first in a series of updates on how Government intends to reform regulations to support economic growth. It sets out an ambitious programme of reform to reduce our overall regulatory burden, maximise innovation and growth and support UK businesses and consumers. A copy of this report is available on gov.uk and can be found here.
They have also updated the REUL Dashboard, which was first published on 22nd June 2022 and updated in January this year. The dashboard sets out for each piece of REUL its name, type, and territorial extent. The Dashboard also provides an overview of the percentages of REUL which have already been amended, repealed, or replaced. The data used to populate the dashboard will also be available to download via a file uploaded to the gov.uk page which can be found here.
