ARTICLE · 14 MARCH 2019

Destination Cyprus Moving To Cyprus After Brexit

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Constantinos Messios

WILL BRITISH BUSINESS START TO MOVE TO CYPRUS AND ELSEWHERE NOW THAT THE UK HAS DECIDED TO GO SOLO

In a paper published September 2016 written by Jill Rutter and Hannah White and published by the Institute of Government¹ those writers say that, "While Whitehall is building the machinery to respond to Brexit, politicians don't yet know what to do with it – or if they do, they aren't saying."

Well it seems now they are saying, as the British Prime Minister at the Conservative Party Conference spoke of a "Great Repeal Bill" to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act which, as the writer understands, will also make all "EU law" into British law allowing their repeal at the British Government's pleasure. The Article 50 Notice will then be served in March of 2017.

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