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13-07-2017, 11:14 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/13/theresa-may-warned-faces-labour-lib-dems-threaten-amend-great/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-the-repeal-bill-means-and-what-happens-next-cm90psk97
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39266723
Govt publishes The "Great Repeal Bill"
The Bill will convert thousands of pieces of European legislation - 40 years worth - into British law and will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 which gives Britain's membership of the EU legal force
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The day after triggering Brexit, the government published details of its "Great Repeal Bill". Described by Theresa May as an "essential step" on the way to leaving the EU, it aims to ensure European law will no longer apply in the UK.
It is now being introduced to Parliament, with the formal title of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. Here's how it will work:
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What it's all about
As its informal name suggests, the repeal bill will repeal the 1972 European Communities Act, which took Britain into the EU and meant that European law took precedence over laws passed in the UK Parliament. It will also end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.
All existing EU legislation will be copied across into domestic UK law to ensure a smooth transition on the day after Brexit. The government says it wants to avoid a "black hole in our statute book" and avoid disruption to businesses and individual citizens as the UK leaves the EU.
The UK Parliament can then "amend, repeal and improve" the laws as necessary. Ensuring the continuity of EU rules and regulations is also meant to aid trade negotiations with the EU because the UK will already meet all of its product stands.
What's King Henry VIII got to do with it?
https://americanelephant.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/henry-viii-brexit-copy.jpg?w=1400
The government plans to enact its "corrections" to the statute book using what are known as Henry VIII powers, after the Statute of Proclamations 1539 which gave him the power to legislate by proclamation.
Given that this will not involve the usual Parliamentary scrutiny process, opposition parties have protested, with Labour claiming ministers were being handed "sweeping powers" to make hasty, ill thought-out legislation.
Ministers have attempted to reassure critics by saying such measures will be time limited and not used to make policy changes. In total, the government estimates that 800 to 1,000 measures called statutory instruments will be required to make sure the bill functions properly.
What's happening when?
The bill was included in the Queen's Speech in June and will be introduced to Parliament on 13 July.
It will then have to pass through both Houses of Parliament. The plan is for it to be passed ahead of the UK's exit from the EU but to become law only when it actually leaves. Under the formal timetable for negotiations, the UK is due to leave the EU in March 2019 unless both sides agree to an extension.
After Brexit
Until the UK actually leaves, EU law will continue to apply. But after leaving, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act (as it will be by then) comes into force.
The government says having the legislation in place will ensure a "calm and orderly exit". Then begins the long-term process of the government, and Parliament, choosing what it wants to do with the laws it has incorporated from the EU. With so many pieces of legislation to be considered, this could turn out to be a "major drain on resources" and should not "crowd out" other government policies, the Institute for Government think tank has warned.
An absolutely huge piece of legislation this.
A major constitutional law for the next few decades until it is all amended by successive governments and parliaments and slowly diverges from the European law it is now and will be when it is transplanted onto the statue books.
Very complex which is why the Henry VIII powers are being used. Critics are saying this is bypassing parliament, but we're not "creating" law in that we're importing existing law. As David Davies says, it is a technical procedure rather than he and other ministers simply creating law using royal powers.
The exciting thing is that after 2019 and at the next General Election, all of this law will now be fully up to us to amend, repeal or replace how we see fit. That's really good for democracy and ultimately is what Brexit is all about.
Thoughts?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-the-repeal-bill-means-and-what-happens-next-cm90psk97
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39266723
Govt publishes The "Great Repeal Bill"
The Bill will convert thousands of pieces of European legislation - 40 years worth - into British law and will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 which gives Britain's membership of the EU legal force
885544362406551552
885476433522503680
The day after triggering Brexit, the government published details of its "Great Repeal Bill". Described by Theresa May as an "essential step" on the way to leaving the EU, it aims to ensure European law will no longer apply in the UK.
It is now being introduced to Parliament, with the formal title of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. Here's how it will work:
885452474223611904
What it's all about
As its informal name suggests, the repeal bill will repeal the 1972 European Communities Act, which took Britain into the EU and meant that European law took precedence over laws passed in the UK Parliament. It will also end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.
All existing EU legislation will be copied across into domestic UK law to ensure a smooth transition on the day after Brexit. The government says it wants to avoid a "black hole in our statute book" and avoid disruption to businesses and individual citizens as the UK leaves the EU.
The UK Parliament can then "amend, repeal and improve" the laws as necessary. Ensuring the continuity of EU rules and regulations is also meant to aid trade negotiations with the EU because the UK will already meet all of its product stands.
What's King Henry VIII got to do with it?
https://americanelephant.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/henry-viii-brexit-copy.jpg?w=1400
The government plans to enact its "corrections" to the statute book using what are known as Henry VIII powers, after the Statute of Proclamations 1539 which gave him the power to legislate by proclamation.
Given that this will not involve the usual Parliamentary scrutiny process, opposition parties have protested, with Labour claiming ministers were being handed "sweeping powers" to make hasty, ill thought-out legislation.
Ministers have attempted to reassure critics by saying such measures will be time limited and not used to make policy changes. In total, the government estimates that 800 to 1,000 measures called statutory instruments will be required to make sure the bill functions properly.
What's happening when?
The bill was included in the Queen's Speech in June and will be introduced to Parliament on 13 July.
It will then have to pass through both Houses of Parliament. The plan is for it to be passed ahead of the UK's exit from the EU but to become law only when it actually leaves. Under the formal timetable for negotiations, the UK is due to leave the EU in March 2019 unless both sides agree to an extension.
After Brexit
Until the UK actually leaves, EU law will continue to apply. But after leaving, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act (as it will be by then) comes into force.
The government says having the legislation in place will ensure a "calm and orderly exit". Then begins the long-term process of the government, and Parliament, choosing what it wants to do with the laws it has incorporated from the EU. With so many pieces of legislation to be considered, this could turn out to be a "major drain on resources" and should not "crowd out" other government policies, the Institute for Government think tank has warned.
An absolutely huge piece of legislation this.
A major constitutional law for the next few decades until it is all amended by successive governments and parliaments and slowly diverges from the European law it is now and will be when it is transplanted onto the statue books.
Very complex which is why the Henry VIII powers are being used. Critics are saying this is bypassing parliament, but we're not "creating" law in that we're importing existing law. As David Davies says, it is a technical procedure rather than he and other ministers simply creating law using royal powers.
The exciting thing is that after 2019 and at the next General Election, all of this law will now be fully up to us to amend, repeal or replace how we see fit. That's really good for democracy and ultimately is what Brexit is all about.
Thoughts?