“the 1998 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47);

“the 2000 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1);

“the 2006 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 2006 (c. 17);

“First Minister”, “deputy First Minister” and “Northern Ireland Minister” have the same meaning as in the 1998 Act;

“restoration order” means a restoration order under section 2(2) of the 2000 Act (order restoring devolved government);

“the St Andrews Agreement” means the agreement reached on 13 October 2006 at multi-party talks on Northern Ireland held at St Andrews;

“the Transitional Assembly” has the meaning given by section 1(1) of this Act.