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6c. 30 passing or repeal of an enactment are to be construed accordingly.

(3) Sections 9 and 19(1) also apply to deeds and other instruments and documents as they apply to Acts and subordinate legislation; and in the application of section 17(2)(a) to Acts passed or subordinate legislation made after the commencement of this Act, the reference to any other enactment includes any deed or other instrument or document.

(4) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply to Orders in Council made under section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, section 1(3) of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 or Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974.

24.—(1) This Act extends to Northern Ireland so far as it applies to Acts or subordinate legislation which so extend.

(2) In the application of this Act to Acts passed or subordinate legislation made after the commencement of this Act, all references to an enactment include an enactment comprised in Northern Ireland legislation whenever passed or made; and in relation to such legislation references to the passing or repeal of an enactment include the making or revocation of an Order in Council.

(3) In the application of section 14 to Acts passed after the commencement of this Act which extend to Northern Ireland, “statutory instrument” includes statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules Act (Northern Ireland) 1958.

(4) The following definitions contained in Schedule 1, namely those of—
 * British subject and Commonwealth citizen;
 * The Communities and related expressions;
 * The Corporation Tax Acts;
 * The Income Tax Acts;
 * The Tax Acts,

apply, unless the contrary intention appears, to Northern Ireland legislation as they apply to Acts.

(5) In this section “Northern Ireland legislation” means—
 * (a) Acts of the Parliament of Ireland;
 * (b) Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
 * (c) Orders in Council under section 1(3) of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972;
 * (d) Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and