ELIZABETH II
"Secretary of State" Amendment Act 2020
2020 CHAPTER 8
An Act to ensure the interpretability of existing legislation by qualifying references to "Secretar[ies] of State".| Bill ID | B043 |
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| Author(s) | 
The Rt Hon Sir Dafydd Llwyd mp |
| Amended by | N/A |
| First reading | 2020 July 8 |
| Royal assent | 2020 August 29 |
| Commencement | 2020 August 29 |
| Affected legislation |
Rail Modernisation (England) Act 2019 (2019 c.
17) Domestic Abuse Act 2019 (2019 c. 20) Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2019 (2019 c. 21) Digital Rights Act 2019 (2019 c. 24) Hong Kong Treaty Obligation Enforcement Act 2019 (2019 c. 26) Green Belt Reform Act 2020 (2020 c. 2) |
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Rail Modernisation (England) Act 2019
- The Rail Modernisation (England) Act 2019 is amended as follows:
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before all other sections, and renumber following sections.1 Powers and responsibilities
1. Where specified, the powers and responsibilities granted in this Act are granted to the Secretary of State for Transport, hereafter referred to as the “Secretary of State”.
2 Domestic Abuse Act 2019
- The Domestic Abuse Act 2019 is amended as follows:
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before all other sections, and renumber following sections.1 Powers and responsibilities
1. Where specified, the powers and responsibilities granted in this Act are granted to the Secretary of State for Justice, hereafter referred to as the “Secretary of State”.
3 Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2019
- The Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2019 is amended as follows:
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before all other sections, and renumber following sections.1 Powers and responsibilities
1. Where specified, the powers and responsibilities granted in this Act are granted to the Secretary of State for Justice, hereafter referred to as the “Secretary of State”.
4 Digital Rights Act 2019
- The Digital Rights Act 2019 is amended as follows:
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before all other sections, and renumber following sections.1 Powers and responsibilities
1. Where specified, the powers and responsibilities granted in this Act are granted to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, hereafter referred to as the “Secretary of State”.
5 Hong Kong Treaty Obligation Enforcement Act 2019
- The Hong Kong Treaty Obligation Enforcement Act 2019 is amended as follows:
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before all other sections, and renumber following sections.1 Powers and responsibilities
1. Where specified, the powers and responsibilities granted in this Act are granted to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, hereafter referred to as the “Secretary of State”.
6 Green Belt Reform Act 2020
- The Green Belt Reform Act 2020 is amended as follows:
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before all other sections, and renumber following sections.1 Powers and responsibilities
1. Where specified, the powers and responsibilities granted in this Act are granted to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, hereafter referred to as the “Secretary of State”.
7 Short title, commencement and extent
- This Act may be cited as the "Secretary of State" Amendment Bill 2020.
- The Act comes into force on royal assent.
- This Act extends to the whole United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.