Law that triggers Brexit about to be signed!

So, the PM, Boris Johnson, has ordered the Brexit Secretary, Steve Barclay, to sign a law next week that will take us out of the EU, but what is it and what does it really mean?

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A lot has been made of the decision by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to tell the Brexit secretary, Steve Barclay, to sign a law in the next few days that, it is said, will trigger Brexit.

The new chair of the European Research Group (ERG), Steve Baker, who took over from Jacob Rees-Mogg when the Moggster became the Leader of the House, said:

"It is absolutely totemic. It shows a transformation in the approach, that Boris Johnson is willing to leave on a fixed date with no question of extension."

So, I did a bit of digging and found out that what the minister will be signing is a type of statutory instrument (SI) called a 'commencement order'.

And, as far as I can see, it won't take us out of the EU on its own next week.

I had a gander around the interweb and couldn't find that much info on these things, not even a book you could buy. So I relied on the dot gov and think-tank websites for what little I could glean - so apologies if the following is not 100% accurate, but I think the overall gist is about right.

Anyway, when an Act of Parliament is given Royal Assent, unless otherwise stated in the Act itself, it would come fully into force at midnight on the day it was given Royal Assent.

But within the text of many acts of parliament, especially the longer and more complex ones that cover a wide range of poli..