4.—(1) In this Act—
“the Department” means the Department of Education;
“pupil”, when used without qualification, means a person of any age for whom education is provided under the Education Orders except a person for whom education is provided by a nursery school.
(2) Other words or expressions which are defined in Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 have the same meaning in this Act as in that Order.