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̽»¨Ö±²¥Great Repeal Bill White Paper has been published. It is available here:

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No major changes beyond what's necessary, but will accommodate possibility of functioning statute book if no deal. Hard circle to square.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥three key elements of the Great Repeal Bill:

Repeal ECA

Convert EU law

'Correct' the statute book.

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Directly applicable EU law will be converted into domestic law.

Domestic law that already gives effect to EU law will be preserved.

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UK courts interpreting domesticated EU law will be required to do so 'by reference to ' CJEU case law as it stands on Brexit Day.

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Pre-Brexit Day CJEU case law will have same domestic status in terms of precedent as UK Supreme Court judgments. Music to Brexiters' ears.

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'General supremacy' of EU law to be ended: new UK legislation will take priority over EU-derived law that is preserved by Great Repeal Bill.

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But EU-derived law will continue to take priority over pre-Brexit Day UK law, including Acts of Parliament. More music to Brexiters' ears.

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'Very significant proportion' of EU-derived law contains provisions that will not be workable post-Brexit. ̽»¨Ö±²¥solution? Delegated powers.

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Delegated powers will enable statute book to be 'corrected'; for problems to be 'rectified'. Devil is in detail of what those terms mean.

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These are circumstances in which Government says secondary legislation will be justified. In combination, these circumstances are very broad

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Delegated power not to be used for policy changes unconnected by deficiencies in EU-derived law. Implies some policy changes *will* be made.

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Up to 1,000 statutory instruments (piece of delegated legislation made by Ministers) will be needed to make EU-derived law work post-Brexit.

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'Right balance' must be struck between need to 'speed' & 'scrutiny'. Existing processes to be used. No plan for super-affirmative procedure

— Mark Elliott (@ProfMarkElliott)

White Paper is 'beginning of a discussion' about approach to scrutiny of delegated powers. Govt's thinking looks extremely undeveloped here.

— Mark Elliott (@ProfMarkElliott)

White Paper fails to engage in meaningful way with HL Constitution Committee's detailed proposals for scrutiny. See

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Just over one page in the White Paper on 'interaction with the devolution settlements'.

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No guarantee that repatriated EU powers will go to devolved institutions, even in relation to subject-areas that are currently devolved.

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Implication seems to be *new* reserved matters will be carved out of existing devolution settlements. Raises some Qs of const'l politics.

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On other hand, even if there are some new reservations to devolved competence, Govt anticipates overall net expansion of devolved competence

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