# The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1982, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 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—
“Department” includes the head of a Department;
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 (f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;
“transfer date” means the date on which this Order comes into operation;
“transferor” and “transferee” respectively mean, in relation to any functions transferred under this Order, the Department from and the Department to which the functions are transferred.
(3) Any reference in Schedule 1 to an enactment includes—
(a) a reference to any enactment in force on the transfer date amending or extending that enactment; and
(b) a reference to so much of any statutory provision in force on the transfer date as confers functions on the Department of Finance for the purposes of that encactment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/338/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/departments-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-2
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