{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-internal-market-act-2020/section-46A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-internal-market-act-2020/section-46A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/27",
  "legislation_title": "United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-internal-market-act-2020",
  "path": "section/46A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46A",
  "heading": "Guidance relating to section 46",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may issue guidance to assist appropriate authorities in the exercise of the duty in section 46(1).\n(2) The Secretary of State may revise or revoke (in whole or in part) any guidance issued under this section.\n(3) An appropriate authority must have regard to guidance issued under this section when exercising any function for a relevant purpose.\n(4) In this section “appropriate authority” and “relevant purpose” have the same meaning as in section 46.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 46A inserted (20.2.2024) by The Windsor Framework (UK Internal Market and Unfettered Access) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/163), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/46A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:59:34.022847+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."
}