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Services Directive Implementation Updates

This page aims to keep interested parties updated on the current implementation process for the EU Services Directive.

Primary Legislation checklists:

Please find copies of the lists of primary legislation which Government Departments have been reviewing to check for compliance with the Services Directive. The tables list the Acts that have been or are being ‘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 are needed 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 is being 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• Act has been repealed (highlighted in grey)
• Still 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)

For an Act still under consideration by a Government Department, the result of the screening exercise will be recorded in the table once it is known.

View the list of primary legislation in UK being checked for compliance with the Services Directive:

Legislation England and Wales 2009 (1542KB)

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').

View the list of primary legislation in Northern Ireland being checked for compliance with the Services Directive:

Legislation list for NI 2009 (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’.

View the list of primary and secondary legislation in Scotland being checked for compliance with the Services Directive:

Legislation list for Scotland 2009 (407KB)

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 will be continually updated. 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 may need to be amended. The table below lists details of existing national legislation and administrative practices that will be changed because of the Provision of Service Regulations 2009 or the Services Directive:

Acts that need to be amended to comply with the Services Directive (80KB)

The Government continues to check that existing national legislation and administrative practices are compliant with the Directive. There may be additions to this list, in particular from the Devolved Administrations.

The lists of formalities within scope of the Services Directive show near complete lists of formalities (authorisations/ licences/ certificates/ registrations) that are in scope of the Directive and BIS believe are managed by local authorities. This document together with the Legislation lists and the LA screening flowcharts for England will help guide local authorities through the steps involved in screening. Devolved authorities should have received screening flowcharts and reporting forms from the relevant Devolved Administration.