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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/56</dc:identifier><dc:title>United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision in connection with the internal market for goods and services in the United Kingdom (including provision about the recognition of professional and other qualifications); to make provision in connection with provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol relating to trade and state aid; to authorise the provision of financial assistance by Ministers of the Crown in connection with economic development, infrastructure, culture, sport and educational or training activities and exchanges; to make regulation of the provision of distortive or harmful subsidies a reserved or excepted matter; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-02-23</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-02-19</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 8</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Final provisions</Title><P1group ConfersPower="true" RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31"><Title>Regulations: general</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/56" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/27/section/56" id="section-56"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-e52efbb280e60c70945050f3205fef94"/>56</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/1" id="section-56-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any power to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/2" id="section-56-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any power to make regulations under this Act includes power—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/2/a" id="section-56-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to amend, repeal or otherwise modify legislation;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/2/b" id="section-56-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to make different provision for different purposes;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/2/c" id="section-56-2-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to make supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision (including provision made in reliance on paragraph (a)).</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/27/section/56/3" id="section-56-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This section does not apply to regulations under section 59(3).</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-e52efbb280e60c70945050f3205fef94" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-56" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/27/section/56" id="ctcjifb44-00385">S. 56</CitationSubRef> in force at 31.12.2020 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1621" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="1621" Title="The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020" id="ctcjifb44-00386">S.I. 2020/1621</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="regulation-2-m" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1621/regulation/2/m" CitationRef="ctcjifb44-00386" Operative="true" id="ctcjifb44-00387">reg. 2(m)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>