{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1992/231",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;\n“the Department” means the Department of Economic Development;\nDefinition rep. by 2003 NI 6\n“modifications” includes additions, omissions, amendments and substitutions;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;\n“regulations”\n(a)except in Article 42 and Schedule 7, means regulations made by the Department;\n(b)in Article 42 and Schedule 7, means regulations made by the Director, with the consent of the Department;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 2(2): definition of \"the CMA\" inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 26(4), 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 150; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1992/231/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:18.917801+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."
}