Primary Legislation Checklists
These documents list primary legislation which Government Departments have reviewed to check for compliance with the Services Directive. The tables list the Acts that have been ‘screened’, indicating the lead Government departments and the results of the screening exercise.
These documents list primary legislation which Government Departments have reviewed to check for compliance with the Services Directive. The tables list the Acts that have been ‘screened’, indicating the lead Government departments and the results of the screening exercise, which are shown as one of the following:
- In scope, but HMG views that the requirements imposed cannot be justified under the terms of the Directive and as such changes have been made so that the Act complies with the Directive (highlighted in aqua)
- In scope, but HMG views that the requirements imposed can be justified under the terms of the Directive and as such a report has been prepared for the Commission explaining the rationale for keeping the Act (highlighted in yellow)
- Not in scope of the Directive and raises no requirements under the Directive (highlighted in grey)
- Act has been repealed (highlighted in grey)
- Under consideration by a Government Department (not highlighted)
In the Legislation list for the UK only:
- Act has been Devolved to National bodies (highlighted in grey)
Legislation England and Wales (PDF, 610 Kb)
Please note that the legislation on this list applies either solely to England, or to England and Wales and/or Northern Ireland and/or Scotland. Legislation that applies solely to Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found on separate legislation lists ('legislation list for Scotland' and 'legislation list for Northern Ireland').
Legislation list for NI 2009 (PDF, 438KB)
Please note that the legislation in this list applies solely to Northern Ireland. For legislation that applies to the whole of the UK please see the ‘Legislation list for the UK’.
Legislation list for Scotland (PDF, 176 Kb)
Please note that the legislation in this list applies solely to Scotland. For legislation that applies to the whole of the UK please see the ‘Legislation list for the UK’.
These lists are subject to updates. Should you have any queries about the screening exercise or the legislation listed then please contact the Services Directive team on servicesdirective@bis.gsi.gov.uk.
Please note that these lists are not lists of legislation that have been amended. The table below lists details of existing national legislation and administrative practices that have been (or, exceptionally, will be) changed because of the Provision of Service Regulations 2009 or the Services Directive:
Acts amended to comply with the Services Directive (PDF, 80KB)
The Government continues to check that existing national legislation and administrative practices are compliant with the Directive.
