{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retained-eu-law-revocation-and-reform-act-2023/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retained-eu-law-revocation-and-reform-act-2023/section-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Compatibility",
  "text": "(1) A relevant national authority may by regulations provide that subsection (2) applies (and section 5(A2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 does not apply) to the relationship between—\n(a) any domestic enactment specified in the regulations, and\n(b) any provision of assimilated direct legislation so specified.\n(2) Where this subsection applies, the domestic enactment specified under subsection (1)(a)—\n(a) must, so far as possible, be read and given effect in a way which is compatible with the provision of assimilated direct legislation specified under subsection (1)(b), and\n(b) is subject to that provision of assimilated direct legislation so far as it is incompatible with it.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision by modifying any enactment.\n(4) No regulations may be made under subsection (1) after 23 June 2026.\n(5) In this section “domestic enactment” has the same meaning as in section 5 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7 substituted (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 11(2) (with s. 22(6)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 7(2) applied (4.6.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Social Security Co-ordination) (Compatibility) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/580), regs. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 22(1)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/28/section/7",
    "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."
}