So: does Brexit require an Act of Parliament? The best answer to that is, it probably now does in practice, even if not in legal theory. Parliament will be given a vote of some kind before any notification is sent.
Does this mean that Brexit will be delayed? Nobody knows, but it may provide a temporary or even a full brake. Members of parliament and peers are often proud not to be “delegates”. It is possible they will not feel bound by the referendum result. If so, the government may be placed in a situation where it is practically unable to make the notification because parliament has not been compliant. Whatever the result of a non-binding referendum, and whatever the professed intentions of the government, ultimate constitutional power in the UK rests in parliament.
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