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| Interpretation. |
17. - (1) In this Act-
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"assistance" has the meaning given in section 5; |
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"country" includes any territory or region; |
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"development assistance" has the meaning given in section 1. |
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(2) For the purposes of this Act references to the population of a country include references to any future population of the country and to any part of the population (present or future).
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| Orders. |
18. - (1) Any power conferred by this Act to make an order is exercisable by statutory instrument.
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(2) A statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State under any power conferred by this Act to make an order, except an order under section 11(4) or 20(2), is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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(3) A statutory instrument made by the Scottish Ministers under the power conferred by section 9(5) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
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| Consequential amendments and repeals. |
19. - (1) Schedule 4 (consequential amendments) has effect.
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(2) The enactments specified in Schedule 5 are repealed to the extent specified.
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| Short title, commencement and extent. |
20. - (1) This Act may be cited as the International Development Act 2001.
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(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
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(3) Schedule 6 (which makes transitional provisions and savings in connection with the commencement of this Act) has effect.
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(4) Any amendment contained in Schedule 4 or repeal contained in Schedule 5 has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.
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(5) Subject to that, this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
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