Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989

10 Interpretation. N.I.

(1) In this Act—

[F1 “citizen of the Union” shall be construed in accordance with Article 8.1 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (as amended by Title II of the Treaty on European Union), and “relevant citizen of the Union” means such a citizen who is not a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;]

• “district council” has the meaning given by section 44 of the M1 Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954,

• “legal incapacity” includes (in addition to any incapacity by virtue of age or of any subsisting provision of the common law) any disqualification imposed by any statutory provision,

• “local election”, “local elector” and “local general election” have the same meaning as in the M2 Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, and

• “statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(2) Any reference in any statutory provision to any provision repealed or revoked by this Act is to be read as a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act or of the Representation of the M3 People Act 1983 as applied by section 2 of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Definition of “citizen of the Union” inserted (6.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1948, regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

M2 1962 c. 14 (N.I.).

M3 1983 c. 2.