A Minister of the Crown must prepare, and lay before each House of Parliament, a statement of levelling-up missions.
A "statement of levelling-up missions" is a document which sets out—
In the course of preparing a statement of levelling-up missions, the Minister of the Crown must have regard to—
The mission period for a statement of levelling-up missions must not—
A statement of levelling-up missions must specify a target date for the delivery of each of the levelling-up missions in it, which may be before or at the end of the mission period.
If different target dates are specified under subsection (5) for different levelling-up missions, the statement of levelling-up missions must give reasons for the different dates.
The first statement of levelling-up missions must come into effect before the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.
A statement of levelling-up missions comes into effect when—
Before the end of the mission period in a statement of levelling-up missions ("the old statement"), a Minister of the Crown must prepare a new statement of levelling-up missions, lay it before each House of Parliament and publish it.
The mission period in the new statement of levelling-up missions must begin no later than immediately after the end of the mission period in the old statement.
When the new statement of levelling-up missions comes into effect it replaces the old statement, which ceases to have effect.
References in this Part to the current statement of levelling-up missions are to the statement of levelling-up missions for the time being in effect.