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(1)This Act applies to Northern Ireland as provided by—
(a)section 4(5);
(b)section 5(5);
(c)section 7(3);
(d)section 13(10);
(e)section 74(4);
(f)section 93(4);
(g)section 95(7);
(h)section 97(5);
(j)section 118(7);
(k)section 120(5);
(l)section 133(3); and
(m)Schedules 9, 10 and 11, so far as they relate to provisions which apply to Northern Ireland.
(2)In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland as provided by the provisions mentioned in subsection (1)—
(a)any reference to—
(i)“the Minister” shall be construed as a reference to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and
(ii)“the Ministers” shall be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the [F2Secretary of State for Health] [F3and Social Care] and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly; and
(b)any reference to a council shall be construed as, and any reference to a food and drugs authority shall be construed as including, a reference to a district council.
(3)In the following provisions “Northern Ireland enactment” means any enactment for the time being in force in Northern Ireland—
(a)section 4(4);
(b)section 74(4);
(c)section 95(7);
(d)section 118(7); and
(e)section 133(3).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 135 repealed (N.I.) ( 4.11.1991) by S.I. 1991/762, art. 51(4), Sch.4; S.R. 1991/175, art. 2(2).
F2Words substituted by S.I. 1988/1843, art. 5(4), Sch. 3 para. 1(g)
F3Words in s. 135(2)(a)(ii) inserted (11.4.2018) by The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/378), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4 (with art. 14)
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