In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

• “The Acts relating to land purchase” means the Land Purchase Acts and any other Acts relating to land purchase in Northern Ireland;

• “The Act of 1903” means the M1Irish Land Act 1903;

• “The Act of 1909” means the M2Irish Land Act 1909;

• “The Act of 1925” means the M3Northern Ireland Land Act 1925;

• “The Act of 1929” means the M4Northern Ireland Land Act 1929;

• “The Chancery Judge” means the Judge of the High Court to whom the business and matters arising in the Chancery jurisdiction of that court are for the time being assigned;

• “The Commission” means the Land Purchase Commission, Northern Ireland;

• “The Court of the Commission” means the Commission acting in the performance of such functions of the Commission as, in accordance with the rules, orders and practice of the Commission, are, immediately before the appointed day, exercisable by the Judicial Commissioner sitting alone or with one or more other commissioners;

• “Functions” includes jurisdiction, powers and duties;

• “High Court” means His Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;

• “Judicial Commissioner” means the commissioner of the Commission by whom the functions of the Judicial Commissioner under the Land Purchase Acts are, as respects Northern Ireland, to be performed pursuant to the Land Purchase (Northern Ireland) Order, 1923, as amended by subsequent Orders in Council and by section five of the M5Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1932;

• “Land” includes an interest in, and a right to or over, land;

• “Ministry” means the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland;

• “F1Court of Judicature” means the F1Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland.

References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as in force in Northern Ireland.