PART 6Miscellaneous and general

CHAPTER 2General

I189Interpretation

1

In this Act—

  • the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;

  • energy and environment principles” means the principles set out in Schedule 2;

  • enterprise” has the meaning given by section 7;

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

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

  • primary legislation” means—

    1. a

      an Act of Parliament,

    2. b

      an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

    3. c

      an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or

    4. d

      Northern Ireland legislation;

  • public authority” has the meaning given by section 6(1);

  • special drawing rights” means special drawing rights as defined by the International Monetary Fund;

  • “SPEI enterprise” and “SPEI services” have the meanings given in section 29(9);

  • streamlined subsidy scheme” has the meaning given by section 10(4);

  • subordinate legislation” means an instrument made under primary legislation or under retained direct EU legislation;

  • subsidy” has the meaning given by section 2(1);

  • subsidy control principles” means the principles set out in Schedule 1;

  • subsidy control requirements” has the meaning given by section 1(2);

  • subsidy database” means the database of subsidies established under section 32;

  • subsidy scheme” has the meaning given by section 10(1);

  • “subsidy scheme of interest” and “subsidy scheme of particular interest” have the meanings given by section 11;

  • the Trade and Cooperation Agreement” and “supplementing agreement” have the same meanings as in the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (see section 37(1) of that Act);

  • working day”, in relation to a part of the United Kingdom, means a day other than—

    1. a

      a Saturday or Sunday, or

    2. b

      a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in that or any other part of the United Kingdom.

2

Section 30 of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (interpretation of agreements: public international law) applies where a court or tribunal has regard to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement or a supplementing agreement for the purposes of interpreting a provision of this Act.