3Use of facsimile impressions of obverse of Great Seal of Northern Ireland
(1)The Governor of Northern Ireland may from time to time cause to be provided a die, of such size as he may direct, having the same device as the obverse of the Great Seal of Northern Ireland, and a die so provided shall be in his custody.
(2)An impression embossed by-means of the die so provided on, or on a wafer or other material attached to, a document of any such class required to be or usually authenticated by, or passed under, the Great Seal of Northern Ireland as is, at the time of the issue of the document, designated for the purposes of this subsection by the Governor of Northern Ireland, shall confer on the document the same validity in all respects as if it had been authenticated by, or passed under, the Great Seal of Northern Ireland.