The term (as regards all times at or before the end of 2023) for a category of retained direct EU legislation, defined as any retained direct EU legislation which is not retained direct principal EU legislation.

Retained direct minor EU legislation includes retained EU decisions and retained EU tertiary legislation. EU tertiary legislation includes EU delegated acts and EU implementing acts, such as provisions made under an EU regulation, under an EU decision, or under an EU directive, but excluding any provisions that are EU directives (see Practice note, UK law after end of post-Brexit transition period: overview: EU tertiary legislation).

As regards all times after the end of 2023, retained direct minor EU legislation is known as assimilated direct minor legislation, and the definition is set out in section 20(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA) instead of section 7(6). The consequential amendments that were made on 1 January 2024 by Schedule 2 to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL Act) to reflect this name change do not apply as regards any time at or before the end of 2023 (section 22(6), REUL Act).