22Interpretation.N.I.
(1)In this Act—
“aggregated service” has the meaning assigned to it by section two;
“Minister” and “Ministry” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by section two;
“personal pension” in relation to a resident magistrate or to the widow[F1, widower or surviving civil partner] or children of a deceased resident magistrate, means the pension payable under this Act to that resident magistrate or for which he would have been eligible had he retired on the date of his death;
“resident magistrate” means (except in section one)—
(a)any resident magistrate appointed after the passing of this Act;
(b)any resident magistrate who elects, pursuant to section eleven, that this Act shall apply to him;
“retiring salary” means the amount of the …F2 salary (excluding sums payable by way of additional salary under sub-section (1) of section one of the Resident Magistrates (Belfast) Act, 1911) payable to a resident magistrate [F3 immediately before his retirement];
“Superannuation Acts” means the Superannuation Acts (Northern Ireland), 1921 to 1958, and includes any enactments thereby applied to the civil service of Northern Ireland.
Subs. (2) rep. by 1987 NI 22