# United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, Section 58: Interpretation: general


In this Act—
“affirmative resolution procedure” is to be construed in accordance with section 57(1);
“legislation” means primary legislation, subordinate legislation and assimilated direct legislation;
“made affirmative resolution procedure” is to be construed in accordance with section 57(2);
“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (see section 8(1) of that Act);
“negative resolution procedure” is to be construed in accordance with section 57(6);
“Northern Ireland Protocol” means the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement;
“part of the United Kingdom” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;
“primary legislation” means—
(a)an Act of Parliament;
(b)an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
(c)an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru; or
(d)Northern Ireland legislation;
“subordinate legislation” means an instrument made under primary legislation or assimilated direct legislation.
“Windsor Framework” means the part of the EU withdrawal agreement known as the Windsor Framework by virtue of Joint Declaration No. 1/2023 of 24 March 2023 made by the European Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the EU withdrawal agreement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-internal-market-act-2020/section-58
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