Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules—

• “the appropriate Minister or department” means

  (a)

  the First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly; or

  (b)

  where they, acting jointly, determine under paragraph 36 of Schedule 10 that any power conferred on them by that Schedule in relation to any specified proceedings may be exercised by a specified Minister or Northern Ireland department, the Minister or department; and for this purpose “specified” means specified in a determination under that paragraph;

• “devolution issue” has the same meaning as in Schedule 10;

• “the Judicial Committee” means the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;

• “Schedule 10” means Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

• a reference to an appeal includes a reference to an application for leave to appeal, and references to an appellant and to a notice of appeal shall be construed accordingly; and

• a reference to a form by number is a reference to the form of that number in the Schedule to these Rules.