In this Act—

• “the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8);

• “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7);

• “the Department” means the Department for Social Development;

• “the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49);

• “the Pensions Order” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 22);

• “statutory provision” has the meaning given in section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33);

• “tax year” has the same meaning as in Parts 1 to 6 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (see section 121(1) of that Act).

In the application, for the purposes of this Act, of section 39(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (time beginning on a particular day), omit the word “not”.