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Defamation Act 1952

13In this Schedule the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

  • " Act of Parliament " includes an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and the reference to the Companies Act, 1948, includes a reference to any corresponding enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;

  • " government department " includes a department of the Government of Northern Ireland;

  • " international court " means the International Court of Justice and any other judicial or arbitral tribunal deciding matters in dispute between States;

  • " legislature ", in relation to any territory comprised in Her Majesty's dominions which is subject to a central and a local legislature, means either of those legislatures ;

  • " local authority " means any authority or body to which the Local Authorities (Admission of the Press to Meetings) Act, 1908, or the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902, as amended by any enactment of the Parliament of Northern - Ireland, applies;

  • " part of Her Majesty's dominions " means the whole of any territory within those dominion which is subject to a separate legislature.