The Department for Transport held a briefing session with aviation stakeholders on 31 May 2023 following the government’s announcement that it was scrapping the sunset clause in the Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Bill.

The new default mode is that all regulation is preserved and will be assimilated into UK Law. Only specific regulations identified in a schedule will be removed. For now, in aviation, the only exclusion is an outdated text. (https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/51204/documents/3436)

Most questions on the briefing call were around consumers rights and their protections in commercial transport – presumably these have been put to test during and after the pandemic.

The bill allows review and reforms where needed. The Retained EU Law is assimilated into UK Law, but can be reformed in due course after 2023.