# International Development Act 2002, Section 17: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Act—
“assistance” has the meaning given in section 5;
“country” includes any territory or region;
“development assistance” has the meaning given in section 1.
“the Minister” has the meaning given in section 1.
(2) For the purposes of this Act references to the population of a country include references to any future population of the country and to any part of the population (present or future).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/1/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/international-development-act-2002/section-17
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