British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act, 2002

Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act—

“the Act of 1999” means the British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999 , as amended by the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act, 1999 ;

“the Agreement” means the agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that is constituted by the letters exchanged by those Governments the texts of which are set out in the Schedule to this Act;

“the Council” means the North/South Ministerial Council, being the body established by the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland establishing a North/South Ministerial Council done at Dublin on the 8th day of March 1999 when performing functions in relation to the bodies specified in sections 2 (2) and 4 (2) and under the Foyle Fisheries Act, 1952 .

(2) In this Act—

(a) a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act, and

(b) a reference to a subsection is a reference to the subsection of the provision in which the reference occurs.