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Exit day definition

What does Exit day mean? In UK Brexit practice, exit day is the domestic law moment when the UK left the EU. It is the statutory date and time fixed (after earlier extensions) as 31 January 2020 at 11:00 pm UK time. The term is defined in legislation: section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA 2018), amended by regulations to reflect Article 50 extensions before being set to the above time. Exit day operated as a key legal trigger, including the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 (subject to savings during the implementation period), commencement of powers to amend retained EU law,...

Post-Brexit UK recognition of foreign divorces and legal separations: the 1970 Hague Convention, criteria, refusals, reservations, case law and relationship with Brussels II bis

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The Convention of 1 June 1970 on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations (the 1970 Hague Convention)

The 1970 Hague Convention sets out how divorces and legal separations are recognised in a contracting state when the decree was granted in another contracting state, provided the proper legal process of the state of origin was followed. From 31 January 2020 (Exit day), the UK left EU membership and ceased participation in the EU’s political institutions and Governance structures. Under the transitional provisions in Part 4 of the Withdrawal agreement, exit day began an 11‑month Implementation period (from 11 pm on exit day until 11 pm on 31 December 2020 (implementation period (IP) completion day)) during which the UK and the EU agreed the UK would be treated as a Member State for the purposes of international agreements. The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/519, made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, revoke Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the...

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