The General Assistance Grants (Abolition)(Northern Ireland) Order 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/795 (N.I.)
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the General Assistance Grants (Abolition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 and shall come into operation forthwith.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 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 1982 Order ” means the Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 .

(3) Article 25 of the 1982 Order in so far as it relates to the definition or interpretation of words or expressions used in Part IV of that Order and in this Order shall, notwithstanding its repeal by this Order, apply for the purposes of this Order as it applies for the purposes of Part IV of that Order.

Section 3 Abolition of general assistance grants

The Department shall not pay any grant under Part IV of the 1982 Order towards capital expenditure incurred on or after 1st April 1988.

Section 4 Repeals and transitional provisions

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following provisions of the 1982 Order are hereby repealed, namely—

(a) Part IV;

(b) Article 34(4).

(2) Paragraph (1) does not affect the operation of Part IV and Article 34(4) of the 1982 Order in relation to any grant paid or payable under that Part towards approved capital expenditure incurred before 1st April 1988.

(3) Without prejudice to the operation of any order made under Article 22(2)( c ) of the 1982 Order, the Department shall not pay any grant under Part IV of that Order if the application for that grant is made after 31st March 1990.