[2] Even during Direct Rule in Northern Ireland, the Interpretation Act continued to bind Orders in Council for Northern Ireland[4] The Act requires any binding of the royal prerogative can only occur if it is explicitly named.

The Act explains how to interpret legislation relating to the servicing of documents.

[2] The Act describes how legislation is to be published by the Queen's Printer and the duties of the Presiding Officer in this process.

[2] The Act describes how usage of genderedness of pronouns must be ignored and that the status of a word as plural or singular must be ignored.

[6] Definitions of the Act are used to define Areas of Special Scientific Interest[7] This legislation in the United Kingdom, or its constituent jurisdictions, article is a stub.