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In this Act—
“the 1998 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47);
“the 2000 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1);
“the 2006 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 2006 (c. 17);
“First Minister”, “deputy First Minister” and “Northern Ireland Minister” have the same meaning as in the 1998 Act;
“restoration order” means a restoration order under section 2(2) of the 2000 Act (order restoring devolved government);
“the St Andrews Agreement” means the agreement reached on 13 October 2006 at multi-party talks on Northern Ireland held at St Andrews;
“the Transitional Assembly” has the meaning given by section 1(1) of this Act.
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