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In this Act—
“the 1998 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47);
“the 2000 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1);
“the Assembly” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;
“First Minister”, “deputy First Minister” and “Northern Ireland Minister” have the same meaning as in the 1998 Act;
“the pledge of office” has the meaning given by section 16(10) of the 1998 Act;
“restoration order” means a restoration order under section 2(2) of the 2000 Act (order restoring devolved government).
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