Section 20 Interpretation.

In this Act—

• F1“bankruptcy order” means an order adjudging an individual bankrupt;

• “bankruptcy petition” means a petition to the High Court for a bankruptcy order;

• “document” includes a deed or conveyance, and any other document whether or not under seal, which may be registered in the registry of deeds under the Registration of Deeds Acts;

• F2“insolvency administration” means the administration in bankruptcy of the insolvent estate of a deceased person;

• “insolvency administration order” means an order for the administration in bankruptcy of the insolvent estate of a deceased debtor (being an individual at the date of his death);

• “insolvency administration petition” means a petition for an insolvency administration order;

• “the Judgments Enforcement Order” means the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;

• “the Land Registration Act” means the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;

• “the Ministry” means the Ministry of Finance;

• “the Order” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Ministry;

• “registered”, in relation to any document, means registered under the Registration of Deeds Acts.

• “the Rules” means the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991;

Any reference in any provision in the Registration of Deeds Acts to registering a memorial shall be construed as a reference to registering the document of which it is a memorial.

References in any enactment to a document a memorial of which is registered in the registry of deeds shall be construed as including a reference to a document registered in the registry of deeds.