# The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025, Paragraph 2: Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019


The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 5—
(i) in paragraph (2)—
(aa) for “Retained case law and retained general principles of EU law” substitute “Assimilated case law”;
(bb) for “are” substitute “is”;
(ii) in paragraph (3)—
(aa) for “Retained case law and retained general principles of EU law fall” substitute “Assimilated case law falls”;
(bb) for “they are, or are” substitute “it is, or is”;
(iii) in paragraph (4)—
(aa) omit the definitions of “retained case law” and “retained general principles of EU law”;
(bb) at the appropriate place insert—
““assimilated case law” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (see section 6(7) of that Act);”;
(cc) at the end of the definition of “the EU GDPR” for “;” substitute “.”;
(b) in paragraph 112 of Schedule 3 for “retained direct EU” substitute “assimilated direct”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/82/schedule/7/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/retained-eu-law-revocation-and-reform-act-2023-consequential-amendments-regulations-2025/schedule-7/paragraph-2
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