{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-infrastructure-bank-act-2023/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-infrastructure-bank-act-2023/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/10",
  "legislation_title": "UK Infrastructure Bank Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-infrastructure-bank-act-2023",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“activities”, in relation to the Bank, has the meaning given by section 2(4);\n“appropriate national authority” means—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers,\n(b) the Welsh Ministers, or\n(c) the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland;\n“financial assistance” includes assistance provided by way of loan, guarantee, indemnity, participation in equity financing and any other kind of financial assistance (actual or contingent);\n“infrastructure” has the meaning given by section 2(6);\n“local authority”—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, has the same meaning as in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the National Loans Act 1968;\n(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, means a district council;\n“objectives”, in relation to the Bank, has the meaning given by section 2(3);\n“public authorities” means local authorities, Northern Ireland departments and any other person exercising functions of a public nature.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 23.5.2023, see s. 11(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/10/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:15.947465+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."
}