United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020

58 Interpretation: general U.K.

In this Act—

• “affirmative resolution procedure” is to be construed in accordance with section 57(1);

• “legislation” means primary legislation, subordinate legislation and [F1 assimilated direct] legislation;

• “made affirmative resolution procedure” is to be construed in accordance with section 57(2);

• “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (see section 8(1) of that Act);

• “negative resolution procedure” is to be construed in accordance with section 57(6);

• “Northern Ireland Protocol” means the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement;

• “part of the United Kingdom” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;

• “primary legislation” means—

  (a)

  an Act of Parliament;

  (b)

  an Act of the Scottish Parliament;

  (c)

  an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru; or

  (d)

  Northern Ireland legislation;

• “subordinate legislation” means an instrument made under primary legislation or [F1 assimilated direct] legislation.

• [F2 “Windsor Framework” means the part of the EU withdrawal agreement known as the Windsor Framework by virtue of Joint Declaration No. 1/2023 of 24 March 2023 made by the European Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the EU withdrawal agreement.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 58 omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 96(2)

F2 Words in s. 58 inserted (20.2.2024) by The Windsor Framework (UK Internal Market and Unfettered Access) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/163), regs. 1(2), 2(5)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 58 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1621, reg. 2(o)