2.—(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.