Matrimonial home rights, etc.
5.—(1) Any reference (however expressed) in any statutory provision or any other instrument or document (whether that provision, instrument or document is passed or made before, on, or after the date on which this Order is made) to rights of occupation under, or within the meaning of, Part II of the Order of 1984 shall be construed, so far as is required for continuing the effect of the instrument or document, as being or as the case requires including a reference to matrimonial home rights under, or within the meaning of, this Order.
(2) Any reference (however expressed) in any statutory provision (including this Order and any statutory provision amended by Schedule 3) or any other instrument or document to matrimonial home rights under, or within the meaning of, this Order shall be construed as including, in relation to times, circumstances and purposes before the commencement of Articles 4 to 10, a reference to rights of occupation under, or within the meaning of, the Order of 1984.
6.—(1) Any reference (however expressed) in any statutory provision or any other instrument or document (whether that provision, instrument or document is passed or made before, on or after the date on which this Order is made) to registration under the Order of 1980 or 1984 shall, in relation to any time after the commencement of Schedule 1 or as the case requires Articles 4 to 10, be construed as being or as the case requires including a reference to registration under this Order.
(2) Any reference (however expressed) in any statutory provision (including this Order and any statutory provision amended by Schedule 3) or any other instrument or document to registration under this Order shall be construed as including a reference to registration under the Order of 1980 or, as the case may require, 1984.
7. In Articles 4 to 9—
(a)any reference to an order made under Article 11 shall be construed as including a reference to an order made under Article 4 of the Order of 1984; and
(b)any reference to an order made under Article 11(5) shall be construed as including a reference to an order made under Article 4 of the Order of 1984 by virtue of Article 5(4) of that Order.
8. Nothing in this Schedule shall be taken to prejudice the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.).] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.