Modifications with respect to references to the Secretary of State
4.—(1) In sections 4(1), (4) and (7), 5(9) and 7(4) and (5) of the 1971 Act, any reference to the Secretary of State shall be construed as a reference to the Department; and in section 5(8) of that Act, the reference to the Secretary of State shall be construed as including a reference to the Department.
(2) In section 32(4) of the 1975 Act, the reference to the Secretary of State shall be construed as a reference to the Department.
(3) In the 1987 Act—
(a)in section 23(1)(b), for the words “or a consent given by the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “by the Secretary of State or a consent given by the Department of Economic Development”; and
(b)after section 24(2), there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A) It shall be the duty of the Department of Economic Development to submit from time to time to the Secretary of State such proposals as the Department considers appropriate for the making of orders under section 21 or 22.”.
(4) In the Regulations specified in the Schedule any reference to the Secretary of State shall be construed as a reference to the Department.
(5) In the Submarine Pipe-lines (Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1977(1), any reference to the Secretary of State shall be construed as including a reference to the Department.
S.I. 1977/835