Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954

1 Meaning of certain expressions as used in this Act. N.I.

For the purposes of this Act—

(a) “Act” means an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland [F1 or an Act of the Assembly];

(b) “enactment” means an Act or a statutory instrument or any provision of an Act or statutory instrument;

(c) “instrument” includes an Order in Council, order or warrant (other than an order made or a warrant issued by a court), scheme, rule, regulation, or bye-law;

(d) “statutory instrument” means an instrument made under an Act;

(e) “statutory document” means any document issued under an Act other than a statutory instrument or an order of a court;

(f) “statutory provision” means any provision of

[F2 (i)] a statute or instrument made under a statute (by whatsoever Parliament [F1 or Assembly] passed or by whomsoever made) for the time being in force in Northern Ireland, F1 ... [F3 ; or]

[F4 (ii) any legislation which forms part of domestic law by virtue of section 1 of the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 for the time being in force in Northern Ireland]; [F5 or]

[F6 (iii) any retained direct EU legislation not falling within sub-paragraph (ii) for the time being in force in Northern Ireland;]

(g) “transferred provision” means—

(i) an enactment;

(ii) a statute passed either before the date of the commencement of the Union with Ireland Act, 1800M1 , by the Parliament of England, the Parliament of Great Britain or the Parliament of Ireland, or after that date by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, being a statute extending to Northern Ireland and relating to a matter in respect of which the Parliament of Northern Ireland [F1 had power] to make laws;

(iii) an instrument made under or by virtue of any such statute; and

(iv) any provision of any such statute or instrument.

F1 SI 1999/663

F2 Words in s. 1(f) renumbered as s. 1(f)(i) (30.4.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/463), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(a)

F3 Word in s. 1(f)(i) inserted (30.4.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/463), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(b)

F4 S. 1(f)(ii) inserted (30.4.2020) by The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/463), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(c)

F5 Word in s. 1(f)(ii) inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/628), regs. 1(3), 5(1)(b) (with reg. 5(2)(3)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/463, regs. 1(1), 10(6)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 S. 1(f)(iii) inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/628), regs. 1(3), 5(1)(c) (with reg. 5(2)(3)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/463, regs. 1(1), 10(6)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1800 c. 67