Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019

12 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “the Delivery Authority” has the meaning given by section 3(3);

• “the Estimates Commission” means the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission;

• “financial year”, in relation to the Sponsor Body or the Estimates Commission, means—

  (a)

  the period beginning with the date on which the Sponsor Body or the Estimates Commission (as the case may be) is established and ending with the 31 March following that date, and

  (b)

  each successive period of 12 months;

• “financial year”, in relation to the Delivery Authority, means—

  (a)

  the period beginning with the date on which the Delivery Authority is formed and ending with the 31 March following that date, and

  (b)

  each successive period of 12 months;

• “the House Commissions” means the House of Commons Commission and the House of Lords Commission (and see subsection (2));

• “House of Lords Commission” means any committee of the House of Lords whose terms of reference include the provision of strategic and political direction for the administration of the House of Lords on behalf of the House;

• “Leader of the House of Commons” means the Minister of the Crown who is for the time being designated as Leader of the House of Commons by the Prime Minister;

• “Leader of the House of Lords” means the Minister of the Crown who is for the time being designated as Leader of the House of Lords by the Prime Minister;

• “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;

• “Palace restoration works” has the meaning given by section 1(2);

• “the Parliamentary building works” has the meaning given by section 1(1);

• “the Sponsor Body” means the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body.

(2) References in this Act to the doing of anything by the House Commissions are to the doing of the thing by them jointly.

(3) Any question arising in relation to the definition of “House of Lords Commission” in subsection (1) is to be determined by the Speaker of the House of Lords.