AI Summary of 2. Interpretation.
The provision sets out interpretative definitions for the Act. It identifies cited statutes by year (Guardianship of Infants Act 1964; Succession Act 1965; Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976; Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989; Domestic Violence Act 2018), and defines terms including "civil partnership" and "cohabitant" as per the 2010 Act, "conveyance" (including mortgage, lease, assent, transfer, disclaimer, release, other dispositions and enforceable agreements), "court" (section 38), decrees of judicial separation and nullity, "dependent member of the family" (detailed criteria for children and disabilities), "family home" (Family Home Protection Act 1976), various orders and Land Registry/Registry of Deeds.
Definitions relating to pensions and financial orders are included: "member", "pension adjustment order", and a broad definition of "pension scheme" covering occupational schemes (Pensions Act 1990), approved annuity contracts and trust schemes under Income Tax and Finance Acts, PRSA contracts and other schemes including personal pension plans and statutory arrangements. "Registration" of civil partnerships includes orders under section 5 of the 2010 Act; "trustees" are defined. Subsection (2) treats references to marriage, remarriage, spouse and family as including marriages dissolved abroad and related applications; subsection (3) provides interpretation rules for enactments and cross‑references.
2. Interpretation.
(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires -
"the Act of 1964" means the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964;
"the Act of 1965" means the Succession Act, 1965;
"the Act of 1976" means the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976;
"the Act of 1989" means the Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989;
"Act of 2018" means the Domestic Violence Act 2018;
"civil partnership" has the meaning assigned to it by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;
"cohabitant" shall be construed in accordance with section 172(1) of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 and includes a former cohabitant;
"conveyance" includes a mortgage, lease, assent, transfer, disclaimer, release and any other disposition of property otherwise than by a will or a donatio mortis causa and also includes an enforceable agreement (whether conditional or unconditional) to make any such disposition;