European Union

(Notification of
Withdrawal) Act 2017
CHAPTER 9

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 European Union (Notification of
Withdrawal) Act 2017
CHAPTER 9

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1 Power to notify withdrawal from the EU

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 ELIZABETH II c. 9

European Union (Notification of

Withdrawal) Act 2017
2017 CHAPTER 9

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. [16th March 2017]

B E IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Power to notify withdrawal from the EU

(1) 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.
(2) This section has effect despite any provision made by or under the European
Communities Act 1972 or any other enactment.

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This Act may be cited as the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act
2017.

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