PART IIIMiscellaneous and Supplemental

28Application to Northern Ireland

This Act applies to Northern Ireland subject to the following modifications, that is to say—

a

references in section 15 to the Secretary of State and references in sections 20 and 24 to a local weights and measures authority shall be read as references to the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland ;

b

the reference in section 15 to the Treasury shall be read as a reference to the Department of Finance for Northern Ireland;

c

references in sections 20(5) and 21(2) to an information shall be read as references to a complaint; and

d

in the definition of " the statutory maximum " in section 27(2) the reference to England and Wales shall be read as a reference to Northern Ireland ;

and for the purpose of that definition as it applies in Northern Ireland the provisions of the [1980 c. 43.] Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 which relate to the sum mentioned in paragraph (a) of that definition shall extend to Northern Ireland.