# Departments (Transfer of Functions) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In this Order—
“Department” includes the head of a Department;
“the transfer date” means 1st April 1994;
“transferred provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
(2) Any reference in the Schedule to an enactment includes—
(a) a reference to any enactment in operation on the transfer date amending or extending that enactment; and
(b) a reference to so much of any enactment in operation on the transfer date as confers functions on the Department of Health and Social Services for the purposes of that enactment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1993/494/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-no-3-order-northern-ireland-1993/article-2
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