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Definitions.
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1.—(1) In this Act—
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the word “statute” means any statute being—
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(a) a pre-union Irish statute, or
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(b) a British statute, or
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(c) a Saorstát Éireann statute, or
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(d) an Act of the Oireachtas (whether passed before or after this Act);
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the expression “statutory instrument” means an order, regulation, rule, scheme or bye-law made in exercise of a power conferred by statute.
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(2) References in this Act to a statute shall, if that statute has been adapted by or under any enactment, be construed as references to that statute as so adapted.
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