In this Act—

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

• “the 2005 Order” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (NI 1);

• “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 Employment Rights Order” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 16);

• F1“First-tier Tribunal” and “Upper Tribunal” mean those tribunals established under section 3 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;

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

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

• “regulations” means regulations made by the Department;

• “the Regulator” means the Pensions Regulator;

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

• F2“Tribunal Procedure Rules” has the same meaning as in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

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”.