{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-northern-ireland-order-1975/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-northern-ireland-order-1975/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1975/1503",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-northern-ireland-order-1975",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33 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—\nDefinition rep. by 1985 NI 16\n“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\nDefinition rep. by 1993 c. 49\n“average salary benefits” means benefits the rate or amount of which is calculated by reference to a member's average salary over the period of service on which the benefits are based;\nDefinitions rep. by 1993 c. 49\n“long‐term benefit” means a Category A or Category B retirement pension, a widowed mother's allowance, a widow's pension or an invalidity pension;\nDefinitions rep. by 1993 c. 49\n“the principal Act” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;\nDefinitions rep. by 1993 c. 49\nDefinition rep. by 1986 NI 18\nDefinitions rep. by 1993 c. 49\n“transfer credits” means rights allowed to an earner under the rules of an occupational pension scheme by reference to a transfer to that scheme of his accrued rights from another scheme.\nParas. (3)‐(5) rep. by 1993 c. 49\nPara. (6) rep. by 1985 NI 16\nPara. (7) rep. by 1993 c. 49",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1992 c. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1986 NI 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1984 NI 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1975/1503/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:05.457767+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."
}