Part IIntroductory
Interpretation2
1
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 applies 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 Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992F2;
“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992F3;
“the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services;
“enactment” includes any statutory provision (as defined by section 1 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954);
“occupational pension scheme” and “personal pension scheme” have the meaning given by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act;
“the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993F4;
“regulations” means regulations made by the Department or any other Northern Ireland department, as the context may require.
3
In the application of section 24(1) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (service of documents by post by registering them) for the purposes of this Order, omit “registering”.
4
Subject to the provisions of this Order, expressions used in this Order and in the Pension Schemes Act have the same meaning in this Order as in that Act.