{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-agents-act-1979/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-agents-act-1979/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/43",
  "legislation_title": "Crown Agents Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-agents-act-1979",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“acounting year” means, . . . a period of twelve months ending with the 31st December in any year;\n“the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Minister under section 1(1);\n“the Board” means the Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board;\n. . .\n“the Crown Agents” means the body corporate established by section 1;\n. . .\n“functions” includes powers and duties;\n“the Minister” means the Minister of Overseas Development;\n“pension”, in relation to any person, means a pension, whether contributory or not, of any kind whatever payable to or in respect of him, and includes an allowance or a gratuity so payable (whether on retirement or otherwise) and a return of contributions to a pension fund or of insurance premiums, with or without interest or any other addition;\n“performance”, in relation to functions, includes the exercise of powers as well as the performance of duties, and “perform” shall be construed accordingly;\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Minister with the approval of the Treasury;\n. . .\n“subsidiary” shall be construed in accordance with section 736 of the Companies Act 1985or Article 4 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, and “wholly owned subsidiary” shall be construed in accordance with section 736(2)of the Companies Act 1985or Article 4(2)of that Order of 1986;\n“the unincorporated Agents” has the meaning given by section 1(2)(b).\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Any provision of this Act conferring a power to give directions or instructions shall be construed as imposing, on any person to whom directions or instructions are given thereunder, a duty to comply with those directions or instructions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 31(1) repealed (21.3.1997) by 1995 c. 24, s. 13(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I (with saving in s. 11(8)); S.I. 1997/1139, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27) s.30, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1035 (N.I. 9), art. 23, Sch. 1 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), s. 30, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), s. 144(4), Sch. 18 para. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1035 (N.I. 9), art. 23, Sch. 1 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 31(1) substituted (N.I.) (20.5.1991) by S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I. 10), art. 62(4), Sch. 3 para. 9; S.R. 1991/153, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 31(2)(3) repealed (21.3.1997) by 1995 c. 24, s. 13(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I (with saving in s. 11(8)); S.I. 1997/1139, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 31: for exercise of this power before 1.2.1991 see Index to Government Orders"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/43/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:10.993891+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}