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<p>Government Departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable
EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the
changes needed. This work is ongoing and is likely to include the repeal, but also
the amendment, of provisions in Acts.</p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal
Bill, Legislating for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, published
on 30 March 2017, we estimated that around 800-1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments
will be required.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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