{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/direct-payments-to-farmers-legislative-continuity-act-2020-consequential-amendments-regulations-2020/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/direct-payments-to-farmers-legislative-continuity-act-2020-consequential-amendments-regulations-2020/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/direct-payments-to-farmers-legislative-continuity-act-2020-consequential-amendments-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Interpretation Act 1978",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act 1978 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 21(1), after “any Act” (but before the words to be inserted at the same place by paragraph 19 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) insert “or made or to be made on or after exit day under retained direct EU CAP legislation as defined in section 2 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020”.\n(3) In section 23ZA(4)(a)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (i), omit “or”;\n(b) after that sub-paragraph insert—\n“(ia) any instrument made on or after exit day under retained direct EU CAP legislation as defined in section 2 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020, or”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (ii), after “instrument” insert “, not falling within sub-paragraph (ia),”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 30. Section 21(1) is amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1). Section 23ZA was inserted by paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2018 c. 16."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/463/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:30:45.168910+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."
}