{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2006/314",
  "legislation_title": "The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Department” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment;\n“the principal Act” means the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24);\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(2) substituted (6.4.2018) by Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 16), s. 17(2), Sch. 1 para. 31; S.R. 2017/217, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2006/314/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:30.981454+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}