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.