Section 8 — Interpretation of Part 1

In this Part— “current statement of levelling-up missions” has the meaning given by section 1(12); “devolved authorities” means— (a) the Scottish Ministers, (b) the Welsh Ministers, and (c) the Northern Ireland departments; “devolved legislatures” means— (a) the Scottish Parliament, (b) Senedd Cymru, and (c) the Northern Ireland Assembly; “geographical disparities” means geographical disparities in economic, social or other opportunities or outcomes; “His Majesty’s Government” means His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom; “levelling-up mission” has the meaning given by section 1(2)(a); “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975; “mission period” has the meaning given by section 1(2)(a); “mission progress methodology and metrics” has the meaning given by section 1(2)(b); “statement of levelling-up missions” has the meaning given by section 1(2).