Interpretation Act 1978
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The Interpretation Act 1978 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that governs the interpretation of terms within Acts of Parliament.
The Interpretation Act 1978 [1] came into force on 1st January 1979. The Act defines words and phases contained in statutory documents and Acts of parliament. The act repealed the whole of the Interpretation Act 1889 [2] except for some paragraphs of section 13 in their application to Northern Ireland. The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [3] in the same way applies to Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly
The Interpretation Act 1978 applies to itself and to any Act passed after the commencement of the Act (subject to the provision made in section 20A[4] Inserted by section 25 [5] Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006) See section 22 Interpretation Act 1978 [6] and, to the extent specified in Part I of Schedule 2 [7] , to Acts passed before the commencement of this Act.
[edit] References
- ^ The Interpretation Act 1978
- ^ Schedule 3 Interpretation Act 1978
- ^ Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954
- ^ section 20A Interpretation Act 1978
- ^ Section 25 Subsection (1) inserts a new section 20A into the 1978 Act.
- ^ Section 22 Interpretation Act 1978
- ^ Schedule 2 Interpretation Act 1978
[edit] External links
- Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
