Article 2 InterpretationC1

(1)

The 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). 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” means a Northern Ireland department;
“Minister”, in relation to a department, means—
1. (a)
  in the case of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, the First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly;
2. (b)
  in the case of any other department, the Minister in charge of that department;
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(3)

References in this Order to a senior officer of a department are references to a person who is employed in that department and is—

(a)

a member of the Northern Ireland senior civil service; or

(b)

a member of the Northern Ireland civil service designated by the department as a senior officer for the purposes of this Order.

(4)

If, and to the extent that, a determination under section 19 of the 1998 c. 47. Northern Ireland Act 1998 so provides, the functions exercisable under this Order by a senior officer of a department shall also be exercisable by a junior Minister; but nothing in this Order authorises ajunior Minister to exercise functions otherwise than in accordance with the terms of such a determination.

Annotations

Modifications

C1: Art. 2 modified (12.4.2024) by The Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/404), regs. 1(2), 3(5)