Part XIII General

Interpretation

C1168 Application of Act in relation to territorial waters.

In this Act—

a

any reference to Northern Ireland includes a reference to the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Northern Ireland;

b

any reference to the United Kingdom includes a reference to the territorial waters of the United Kingdom.

C2169 Age.

For the purposes of this Act a person—

a

is over or under a particular age if he has or, as the case may be, has not attained that age; and

b

is between two particular ages if he has attained the first but not the second.

170 Interpretation.

In this Act—

  • “the 1975 Act” means the M1Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;

  • “the 1986 Order” means the M2Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

  • “the Administration Act” means the M3Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

  • “the Consequential Provisions Act” means the M4Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

  • “the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland;

  • “the Department of Economic Development” means the Department of Economic Development in Northern Ireland;

  • “the Department of the Environment” means the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland;

  • “the Department of Finance and Personnel” means the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland;

  • “the Great Britain Administration Act” means the M5Social Security Administration Act 1992;

  • “the Great Britain Contributions and Benefits Act” means the M6Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

  • “the National Insurance Fund” means the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund;

  • “the Old Cases Act” means the M7Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Northern Ireland Old Cases) Act 1975;F1 “the Pensions Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;

  • “the Pensions Order” means the M8Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;

  • “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned by section 1(f) of the M9Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.