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UK Law Reference
All sections of Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Act 2015
2015 c. 34, s.2

Section 2 — Section 1: supplementary provision

This version in force from 2015-11-25

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) References to Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly in any enactment or instrument (whether passed or made before or after the coming into force of this Act) are to be read, so far as the context permits, as including references to Orders in Council under section 1(1).

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to references to Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly in section 6 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

(3) In subsection (1)—“enactment” means an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under— (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or (d) Northern Ireland legislation, and “instrument” includes a charter, contract or other document.

(4) Orders in Council under section 1(1) may be omitted from any annual edition of statutory instruments required to be prepared under regulations made as a result of section 8 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946.