Withdrawal from the European Union (Article 50) Bill (HC Bill 104)
A
BILL
TO
Require Her Majesty’s Government to notify the European Council by 31
March 2017 of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the
European Union.
Be 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
Notification of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the
European Union
(1)
Her Majesty’s Government has a duty to notify the European Council by 31
March 2017 of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the European
5Union.
(2)
The notification must meet the terms of Article 50 of the Treaty on European
Union.
2 Short title, commencement and extent
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Withdrawal from the European Union (Article 50)
10Act 2017.
(2) The Act shall come into force on the day on which it receives Royal Assent.
(3) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.