In this Act—
(a)any reference to Northern Ireland includes a reference to the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Northern Ireland;
(b)any reference to the United Kingdom includes a reference to the territorial waters of the United Kingdom.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 168 applied (2.12.2002 for certain purposes, 6.10.2003 in so far as not already in force) by State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)), ss. 17(3)(a), 21(2); S.R. 2002/366, art. 2(1)(o); S.R. 2003/373, art. 2
For the purposes of this Act a person—
(a)is over or under a particular age if he has or, as the case may be, has not attained that age; and
(b)is between two particular ages if he has attained the first but not the second.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 169 applied (2.12.2002 for certain purposes, 6.10.2003 in so far as not already in force) by State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)), ss. 17(3)(b), 21(2); S.R. 2002/366, art. 2(1)(o); S.R. 2003/373, art. 2
In this Act—
“the 1975 Act” means the M1Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;
“the 1986 Order” means the M2Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
“the Administration Act” means the M3Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the Consequential Provisions Act” means the M4Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the Department” means [F1(except in Parts XIIZA [F2, 12ZB [F3, 12ZC and 12ZD]] above)] the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland;
“the Department of Economic Development” means the Department of Economic Development in Northern Ireland;
“the Department of the Environment” means the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland;
“the Department of Finance and Personnel” means the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland;
[F4the Employment Rights Order” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;]
“the Great Britain Administration Act” means the M5Social Security Administration Act 1992;
“the Great Britain Contributions and Benefits Act” means the M6Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
“the National Insurance Fund” means the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund;
“the Old Cases Act” means the M7Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Northern Ireland Old Cases) Act 1975;
[F5“the Pensions Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;]
“the Pensions Order” means the M8Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned by section 1(f) of the M9Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 170 in definition of "the Department" inserted (8.12.2002) by The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 17(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2); S.R. 2002/356, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II
F2Words in s. 170 substituted (5.4.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), s. 23(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(18)(a); S.R. 2015/86, art. 4(2)(b) (with art. 7(2))
F3Words in s. 170 substituted (23.3.2022) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5), ss. 4, 5(5)(6), Sch. para. 7; S.R. 2022/136, arts. 2, 3
F4Words in s. 170 inserted (5.4.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), s. 23(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(18)(b); S.R. 2015/86, art. 4(2)(b) (with art. 7(2))
F5S. 170: by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 35 (commenced on 7.2.1994 by S.R. 1994/17, art. 2) it is provided that the definition of "the Pensions Act" [as reproduced here] shall be inserted before the definition of "the Pensions Order" in s. 174 of this Act. By S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 165, 168, Sch. 4, para. 15, Sch. 5, Pt.IV (commenced on 19.12.1995 by S.R. 1995/477, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. I), Sch. 7 para. 35 of the 1993 Act is repealed and by art. 165, Sch. 4, para. 2 of that 1995 S.I. (also commenced on 19.12.1995 by S.R. 1995/477, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. I) the same definition of "the Pensions Act" is inserted in s. 170 of this Act
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