Policy paper

The Repeal Bill: White Paper

The Repeal Bill White Paper sets out the government’s proposals for ensuring a functioning statute book once we have left the EU.

• From: Department for Exiting the European Union, The Rt Hon David Davis MP and The Rt Hon Theresa May
• Published: 30 March 2017
• Last updated: 15 May 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (Web)

Ref: ISBN 9781474140065, Cm. 9446

PDF, 379 KB, 39 pages

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Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (Print)

Ref: ISBN 9781474140058, Cm. 9446

PDF, 2.03 MB, 44 pages

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Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union

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Deddfu ar gyfer y Deyrnas Unedig yn ymadael â’r Undeb Ewropeaidd

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Details

The Repeal Bill White Paper sets out the government’s proposals for ensuring a functioning statute book once the UK has left the European Union.

It provides the detail about:

• the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972
• how EU law will be converted into UK law
• how corrections will be made to the statute book, to ensure the law continues to function once we have left the EU

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Published 30 March 2017
Last updated 15 May 2017 + show all updates

1. 15 May 2017

   Added Welsh HTML Version

2. 9 May 2017

   Added Welsh translation

3. 30 March 2017

   First published.