The special status of Retained EU Law in the UK is to be removed and the delays to import checks on goods moving from the EU to the UK feature in this month’s EU exit developments.

Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, David Frost last month announced plans to ensure that UK rules and regulations ‘best serve the UK national interest.’ Thousands of individual EU regulations, known as Retained EU Law, were automatically left on the UK’s statute book following EU exit and these will now be scrutinised as part of a review by the Government to ensure that they are “helping the UK to thrive as a modern, dynamic, independent country and foster innovation across the British economy.”

According to the Government’s statement, the review will “aim to remove the ‘special status’ that EU retained law still enjoys in our legal framework and will determine how best to ensure that UK courts can no longer give undue precedence to EU-derived laws in future”.

The Government will consider laws that have an impact on technology, transportation and agriculture and will also be reviewing the EU ban on using the imperial system in due course. It’s hoped that this review will ‘improve digitisation and unleash innovation’.