{"id":254073,"date":"2016-10-02T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T08:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=254073"},"modified":"2016-10-02T08:59:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T08:59:43","slug":"formal-brexit-process-to-start-by-the-end-of-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/formal-brexit-process-to-start-by-the-end-of-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Formal Brexit process to start by the end of March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
Theresa May will formally begin the Brexit process by the end of March 2017, she has told the BBC.<\/p>\n
The prime minister confirmed the deadline for triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which sets in place a two-year process of withdrawal.<\/p>\n
She has also promised a “Great Repeal Bill” in the next Queen’s Speech, which will overturn the act that took the UK into the EU.<\/p>\n
It will remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book.<\/p>\n
The government will also enshrine all existing EU law into British law.<\/p>\n
It comes as the Conservatives gather for their annual conference.<\/p>\n
The repeal of the 1972 Act will not take effect until the UK leaves the EU under Article 50.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Sunday Times, the prime minister said the repeal bill would mark “the first stage in the UK becoming a sovereign and independent country once again”.<\/p>\n
“It will return power and authority to the elected institutions of our country,” she said.<\/p>\n
“It means that the authority of EU law in Britain will end.”<\/p>\n