PART IINTRODUCTORY

Title and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on 1st April 1987.

Para. (3) rep. by 2001 c. 6 (NI)

Interpretation2

1

The [1954 c. 33 (N.I.) ] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

2

In this Order—

  • Definition rep. by 2001 c. 6 (NI)

  • “the appointed day” meansF1 (except in Article 4A) the day appointed by order under Article 1(2);

  • “Comptroller and Auditor General” means the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland;

  • “the Department” means the Department of Finance and Personnel;

  • Definition rep. by 1998 c. 47

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