Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972

Introductory N.I.

Title and commencement N.I.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 … Commencement …

Interpretation N.I.

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

(2) In this Order—

• “civil service” means the civil service of Northern Ireland;

• “district council” means a district council established under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 [1972 c.9] ;

• “government department” means a department of the Government of Northern Ireland;

• “local authority F1 ” means—

  (a)

  before the date of the first coming into office of members of district councils, the council of a county, a county or other borough, or an urban or rural district, a new town commission, the Belfast City and District Water Commissioners or the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee;

  (b)

  on and after that date but before [F2 1st October 1973], any authority such as is mentioned in paragraph ( a) or a district council;

  (c)

  on and after [F2 1st October 1973], a district council, a new town commission, or the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee;

• “the Ministry” means the Ministry of Finance;

• “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] ;

• “transferred provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( g) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(3) References in this Order to a transferred provision include a transferred provision contained in or made under a local or personal Act or an Act confirming a provisional order, and any reference in this Order to any transferred provision includes a reference to that transferred provision as extended or applied by or under any other transferred provision, including such a provision contained in this Order.

F1 1981 NI 3

F2 1972 NI 21