In this Act—

• “DEL” means the Department for Employment and Learning;

• “the Department” means the Department of Education;

• “the Education Orders” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

• “the funding departments” means the Department and DEL;

• “statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;

• “the transfer date” means the date appointed under section 7(2) for the coming into operation of section 3(1).

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.