This Act may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000.

In this Act—

• the 1998 Order means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 10);

• the 1999 Order means the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (NI 11);

• the Administration Act means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8);

• the Child Support Order means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 23);

• the Contributions and Benefits Act means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7);

• the Department means the Department for Social Development;

• the Housing Executive means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;

• the Jobseekers Order means the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 15);

• the Pension Schemes Act means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49);

• the Pensions Order means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 22);

• statutory provision has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).