In this Act—

• “devolved authority” means the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland,

• “devolved legislature” means the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly,

• “enactment” includes—

  1. a

     an enactment contained in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978), and

  2. b

     an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales or Northern Ireland legislation,

• “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31 March (but see also the definition of that expression in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2, paragraph 19 of Schedule 5 and paragraph 19 of Schedule 7), and

• “the health service” means the comprehensive health service in England continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.