PART IN.I.INTRODUCTORY
Title and commencementN.I.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 and shall come into operation on such day or days as the Head of the Department may by order appointF1.
(2) An order under paragraph (1) may—
(a)contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Head of the Department to be necessary or expedient;
(b)amend any statutory provision which refers to the coming into operation of a provision brought into operation by the order so as to substitute a reference to the actual date on which it comes into operation.
F1partly exercised by SRs 1990/246; 1991/267, 499; 1993/63; 1994/47
InterpretationN.I.
2.—(1) Subject to Articles 44(1) and 51(4) and (5), the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F2 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—
“the Department” means the Department of Economic Development;
“the 1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986F3;
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.