# Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order—
“applicant” means a person who has made an application for compensation;
“Chief Constable” includes an Assistant Chief Constable and a Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary;
“compensation” means compensation under this Order;
“damage”, in relation to property, includes the total or partial destruction of, and any injury to, property;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under Article 21(2);
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;
“terrorism” means the use of violence for political ends and includes any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public or any section of the public in fear;
“unlawful association” means any organisation which is engaged in terrorism and includes an organisation which at any relevant time is a proscribed organisation within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 1973 c.53 or any Act re-enacting that Act (whether with or without modifications).
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/1247/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-2
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