This Order may be cited as the Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 1993.

Except as otherwise provided by Articles 4 and 23, this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of 7 days from the day on which it is made.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

In this Order—

• “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture;

• “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.