Article 1 Citation and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 1993.

In this Order—

• “the 1970 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1970^f1;

• “the 1974 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1974^f2;

• “the 1979 Order” means the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979^f3;

• “the 1992 Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;

• “collecting society” has the meaning given to that term in article 2(2) of the 1979 Order^f4; and

• “industrial assurance company” has the meaning given to that term in article 2(2) of the 1979 Order^f5.