Defined term

“instrument”

Defined in 33 Acts and 82 statutory instruments.

  1. Adoption Act 1976 Act
  2. Adoption and Children Act 2002 Act
  3. The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2001 SI
  4. The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2007 SI
  5. Armed Forces Act 2006 Act
  6. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Order 2015 SI
  7. The Channel Islands (Attachment of the Bailiwick of Guernsey to the Diocese of Salisbury) Order 2022 SI
  8. Children Act 1975 Act
  9. Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 Act
  10. Companies Act 1948 Act
  11. Companies Act 1985 Act
  12. The Companies (Companies Authorised to Register) Regulations 2009 SI
  13. The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008 SI 2 definitions
  14. Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 Act
  15. Crime and Courts Act 2013 Act 2 definitions
  16. Crossrail Act 2008 Act
  17. The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 SI
  18. Data Protection Act 2018 Act
  19. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Act
  20. Education Act 1996 Act
  21. Energy Act 2004 Act
  22. The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 SI
  23. The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 SI
  24. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 Act
  25. Finance Act 1986 Act 2 definitions
  26. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 SI
  27. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 SI
  28. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 SI
  29. The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 SI
  30. Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 Act
  31. Further and Higher Education Act 1992 Act 2 definitions
  32. Greater London Authority Act 1999 Act
  33. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 SI
  34. Law of Property Act 1925 Act
  35. Law of Property Act 1969 Act
  36. Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 Act
  37. Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 Act
  38. Legal Services Act 2007 Act
  39. Legitimacy Act 1976 Act
  40. The Lord President of the Council Order 2010 SI
  41. The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004 SI
  42. The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988 SI
  43. The National College for the Creative and Cultural Industries (Government) Regulations 2016 SI 2 definitions
  44. National Lottery Act 1998 Act
  45. The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 SI
  46. Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Act 2015 Act
  47. Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Act
  48. Railways Act 2005 Act
  49. The Recovery of Import Duties and Export Duties (Andorra) Regulations 2010 SI
  50. The Scotland Act 1998 (Specification of Functions and Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2019 SI
  51. The Scotland Act 2016, Wales Act 2017 and Onshore Petroleum (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions and Model Clauses) Regulations 2018 SI
  52. The Secretaries of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for International Trade and for Exiting the European Union and the Transfer of Functions (Education and Skills) Order 2016 SI
  53. The Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families, for Innovation, Universities and Skills and for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Order 2007 SI
  54. The Secretaries of State for Education and Skills and for Work and Pensions Order 2002 SI
  55. The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 SI
  56. The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 SI
  57. The Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001 SI
  58. The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009 SI
  59. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Order 2006 SI
  60. The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 SI
  61. The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Order 2010 SI
  62. The Secretary of State for Education Order 2010 SI
  63. The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 SI
  64. The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 SI
  65. Sentencing Act 2020 Act
  66. Settled Land Act 1925 Act
  67. Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 Act
  68. The Stamp Duty (Disadvantaged Areas) (Application of Exemptions) Regulations 2003 SI
  69. The Transfer of Functions (Administration of Rent Officer Service in England) Order 2008 SI
  70. The Transfer of Functions (Asylum Support Adjudicators) Order 2007 SI
  71. The Transfer of Functions (Big Lottery Fund) Order 2011 SI
  72. The Transfer of Functions (Chequers and Dorneywood Estates) Order 2013 SI
  73. The Transfer of Functions (Chequers and Dorneywood Estates) Order 2014 SI
  74. The Transfer of Functions (Chequers and Dorneywood Estates) Order 2016 SI
  75. The Transfer of Functions (Children, Young People and Families) Order 2003 SI
  76. The Transfer of Functions (Digital Government) Order 2018 SI
  77. The Transfer of Functions (Digital Government) Order 2020 SI
  78. The Transfer of Functions (Digital Government) Order 2025 SI
  79. The Transfer of Functions (Elections and Referendums) Order 2013 SI
  80. The Transfer of Functions (Elections) Order 2014 SI
  81. The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 SI
  82. The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2007 SI
  83. The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2010 SI
  84. The Transfer of Functions (Fire and Rescue Services) Order 2016 SI
  85. The Transfer of Functions (Fire and Rescue Services) Order 2025 SI
  86. The Transfer of Functions (Her Majesty’s Land Registry, the Meteorological Office and Ordnance Survey) Order 2011 SI
  87. The Transfer of Functions (Information and Public Records) Order 2015 SI
  88. The Transfer of Functions (International Development) Order 2017 SI
  89. The Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 SI
  90. The Transfer of Functions (Media and Telecommunications etc.) Order 2011 SI
  91. The Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2001 SI
  92. The Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2008 SI
  93. The Transfer of Functions (Museum and Other Staff) Order 2011 SI
  94. The Transfer of Functions (Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General) Order 2006 SI
  95. The Transfer of Functions (Olympics and Paralympics) Order 2007 SI
  96. The Transfer of Functions (Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986) Order 2018 SI
  97. The Transfer of Functions (Pensions Guidance) Order 2015 SI
  98. The Transfer of Functions (Police and Crime Commissioner Elections) Order 2015 SI
  99. The Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 SI
  100. The Transfer of Functions (Royal Mail Pension Plan) Order 2014 SI
  101. The Transfer of Functions (Sea Fisheries) Order 2012 SI
  102. The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport) Order 2012 SI
  103. The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) Order 2017 SI
  104. The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Order 2020 SI
  105. The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 SI
  106. The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 SI
  107. The Transfer of Functions (Statutory Instruments) Order 2006 SI
  108. The Transfer of Functions (Third Sector, Communities and Equality) Order 2006 SI
  109. The Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002 SI
  110. The Transfer of Functions (Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service) Order 1995 SI
  111. The Transfer of Functions (Vaccine Damage Payments) Order 2021 SI
  112. Trustee Act 1925 Act
  113. The Uncertificated Securities Regulations 1992 SI
  114. The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2003 SI
  115. The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000 SI

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