UK Sets Out Plans to Replace and Repeal Regulations Copied From EU

Flags of the Union Jack and European Union are seen through an interpreter's booth ahead of the meeting of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Brussels on Dec. 9, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via Reuters

LONDON—Britain is to begin replacing or scrapping EU regulations that were copied into British law before the country’s exit from the bloc, Brexit Minister David Frost said on Thursday.

To avoid uncertainty and confusion as Britain untangled itself from the EU after 40 years, the government automatically carried thousands of EU laws and regulations into British law so that they would still apply after Brexit.