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Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

10 August 2023

Amends/Commences: 

  • The Control of Industrial Air Pollution (Registration of Works) Regulations

  • The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003

  • The Flood Risk Regulations 2009

  • The Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources Regulations 2011

  • The Motor Fuel (Road Vehicle and Mobile Machinery) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations 2012

  • The Energy Efficiency (Eligible Buildings) Regulations 2013 

  • The Energy Efficiency (Building Renovation and Reporting) Regulations 2014

  • The Energy Efficiency (Encouragement, Assessment and Information) Regulations 2014

  • The National Emission Ceilings Regulations 2018

  • GB Retained: Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures 

  • GB Retained: Regulation (EU) 581/2010 on the maximum periods for the downloading of relevant data from vehicle units and from driver cards

  • UK Retained: Regulation (EU) 2019/856 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC with regard to the operation of the Innovation Fund

  • European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

  • Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020

  • Environmental Protection Act 1990

  • The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

  • European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020

  • Environment Act 2021

  • Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30) 


Comes into force: 31st December 2023

Jurisdiction: UK

Some EU-derived legislation will be revoked on 31st December 2023. However, any amendments made by law it revokes will still stand.

Above are the pieces of legislation affected.

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