http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/section/21Interpretation Act 1978An Act to consolidate the Interpretation Act 1889 and certain other enactments relating to the construction and operation of Acts of Parliament and other instruments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.1980-05-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-22Expert Participation2024-01-01 Supplementary Interpretation <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation>211In this Act “Act” includes a local and personal or private Act; and “subordinate legislation” means Orders in Council, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, warrants, byelaws and other instruments made or to be made under any Act or made or to be made on or after IP completion day under any assimilated direct legislation other than assimilated direct CAP legislation as so defined or made or to be made on or after exit day under assimilated direct CAP legislation as defined in section 2 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020.2This Act binds the Crown.Words in s. 21(1) inserted (30.4.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/463), regs. 1(1), 2(2)Words in s. 21 substituted (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 2(2) (with s. 22(6)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 3(e)Words in s. 21(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), s. 42(7), Sch. 5 para. 10 (with s. 38(3)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/463, regs. 1(1), 9); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 5(j)Words in s. 21(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 8 para. 19 (with s. 19, Sch. 7 para. 26, Sch. 8 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/463, regs. 1(1), 8); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(n)
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Interpretation
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In this Act “
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Words in s. 21(1) inserted (30.4.2020) by
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,
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<Text>
Words in
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substituted (1.1.2024) by
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<Text>
Words in s. 21(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by
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(with
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<Text>
Words in s. 21(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by
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,
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(with
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,
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<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1622" id="d14e33" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="1622">S.I. 2020/1622</Citation>
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