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.