PART IINTRODUCTORY

Title and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made.

3

Article 40 shall come into operation on the seventh day after the day on which this Order is made.

Interpretation2

1

The [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

2

In this Order—

  • “the Department” means the Department of the Environment;

  • “the principal Act” means the [1972 c. 9 (N.I.)] Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.

3

Expressions used in this Order and in the principal Act have the same meaning in this Order as in that Act.