Acts Interpretation Act 1901
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View history notePt 5 heading substituted by No 46 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 21, applicable on and after 27 December 2011, in relation to Acts enacted before, on or after 27 December 2011. For transitional regulations, see note under Part 1 heading. The heading formerly read:
PART IV - GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Repealed by No 46 of 2011)
S 18 repealed by No 46 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 33, applicable on and after 27 December 2011, in relation to Acts enacted before, on or after 27 December 2011. For transitional regulations, see note under Part 1 heading.
S 18 formerly read:
SECTION 18 INTERPRETATION
18
In any Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a)
The United Kingdom
shall mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
(b)
British possession
shall mean any part of the King's dominions exclusive of the United Kingdom, and where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local Legislature all parts under the central Legislature shall for the purposes of this definition be deemed to be one British possession.
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