{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retained-eu-law-revocation-and-reform-act-2023/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/28",
  "legislation_title": "Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retained-eu-law-revocation-and-reform-act-2023",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Power to remove or reduce burdens",
  "text": "(1) Part 1 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (order-making powers) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 1(6) (power to remove or reduce burdens: definition of “legislation”) after paragraph (aa) (and before the “or” at the end of the paragraph) insert—\n“(ab) any retained direct EU legislation,”.\n(3) In section 12 (procedure: introductory) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(3) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (procedure for certain modifications of retained direct EU legislation or anything which is retained EU law by virtue of section 4 of that Act) does not apply in relation to orders under this Part.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 22(1)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/28/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:24.741001+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}