{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/levelling-up-and-regeneration-act-2023/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/55",
  "legislation_title": "Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/levelling-up-and-regeneration-act-2023",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 1",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“current statement of levelling-up missions” has the meaning given by section 1(12);\n“devolved authorities” means—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers,\n(b) the Welsh Ministers, and\n(c) the Northern Ireland departments;\n“devolved legislatures” means—\n(a) the Scottish Parliament,\n(b) Senedd Cymru, and\n(c) the Northern Ireland Assembly;\n“geographical disparities” means geographical disparities in economic, social or other opportunities or outcomes;\n“His Majesty’s Government” means His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom;\n“levelling-up mission” has the meaning given by section 1(2)(a);\n“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;\n“mission period” has the meaning given by section 1(2)(a);\n“mission progress methodology and metrics” has the meaning given by section 1(2)(b);\n“statement of levelling-up missions” has the meaning given by section 1(2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 26.12.2023, see s. 255(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/55/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:40.116941+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."
}