PART 6Miscellaneous and general
CHAPTER 2General
I189Interpretation
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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—
- 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;
- a
“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—
- a
a Saturday or Sunday, or
- 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.
- a
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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.