{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2006-repealed/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2006-repealed/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/17",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 2006 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2006-repealed",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the 1998 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47);\n“the 2000 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1);\n“the Assembly” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;\n“First Minister”, “deputy First Minister” and “Northern Ireland Minister” have the same meaning as in the 1998 Act;\n“the pledge of office” has the meaning given by section 16(10) of the 1998 Act;\n“restoration order” means a restoration order under section 2(2) of the 2000 Act (order restoring devolved government).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/17/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:34.929590+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."
}