{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-living-allowance-and-disability-working-allowance-northern-ireland-order-1991/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-living-allowance-and-disability-working-allowance-northern-ireland-order-1991/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1991/1712",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Northern Ireland) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-living-allowance-and-disability-working-allowance-northern-ireland-order-1991",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Attendance Allowance Board” means the Attendance Allowance Board for Northern Ireland;\n...\n“the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services;\n“the 1986 Order” means the 1986 NI 18 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;\n“the Pensions Order” means the 1975 NI 15 Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;\n“the principal Act” means the 1975 c. 15 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section l( f) of the 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(2) repealed (1.5.2015) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), s. 7(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(1), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/230, art. 2(b)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/1712/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:29.218449+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."
}