Policy paper

The Repeal Bill: White Paper

• From: Department for Exiting the European Union, The Rt Hon David Davis MP, and The Rt Hon Theresa May MP
• Part of: Article 50 and negotiations with the EU and Brexit
• Published: 30 March 2017
• Last updated: 15 May 2017, see all updates

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

Documents

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

Ref: ISBN 9781474140065, Cm 9446 PDF, 379KB, 39 pages

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

Ref: ISBN 9781474140058, Cm 9446 PDF, 2.03MB, 44 pages

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

HTML

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

PDF, 575KB, 45 pages

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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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Document information

Published: 30 March 2017

Updated: 15 May 2017

+ full page history

1. 15 May 2017 Added Welsh HTML Version
2. 9 May 2017 Added Welsh translation
3. 30 March 2017 First published.

From: Department for Exiting the European Union The Rt Hon David Davis MP The Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Part of: Article 50 and negotiations with the EU Brexit