European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017
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| Long title | An Act to Confer power on the Prime Minister to notify, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the EU. |
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| Citation | 2017 c. 9 |
| Introduced by | David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
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| Royal assent | 16 March 2017 |
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| Relates to | European Communities Act 1972 |
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Status: Current legislation
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The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 (c. 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to empower the Prime Minister to give to the Council of the European Union the formal notice – required by Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union – for starting negotiations for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
The Act is to give effect to the result of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum held on 23 June in which 51.9% of voters chose to leave the European Union and also directly follows the decision of the (United Kingdom) Supreme Court on 24 January 2017 in the judicial review case of R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
"The Prime Minister may notify, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the EU."
"Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements."
The Act's first reading in Parliament was on 26 January 2017, after the Supreme Court, in the Miller case, dismissed the government's appeal against the High Court's declaratory order, dated 7 November 2016, that "The Secretary of State does not have power under the Crown's prerogative to give notice pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union."David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, formally introduced the Bill for first reading in the House of Commons, and two days in the following week were allocated for the second reading debate.
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