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 (ia) any assimilated direct legislation 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)(ia) substituted for s. 1(f)(ii)(iii) (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 1(2) (with s. 22(6)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 3(e)

Marginal Citations

M1 1800 c. 67