(1)The Governor of Northern Ireland may, by Order in the Privy Council of Northern Ireland, make provision in relation to Northern Ireland for any purpose for which provision may be made in relation to Great Britain under section one of this Act; and in relation to any such Order the provisions of that section (except so much of subsection (3) as applies to the M1Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, and except subsection (5)) shall apply accordingly as if for the reference in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) to Her Majesty there were substituted a reference to the Governor of Northern Ireland and as if for the reference to the Minister of Transport there were substituted a reference to the Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland.
(2)No recommendation shall be made to the Governor of Northern Ireland in Council to make an Order under this section unless a draft thereof has been laid before the Parliament of Northern Ireland and has been approved by resolution of each House of the Parliament of Northern Ireland; and every regulation made under any such Order shall be laid forthwith before each House of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and if an Address is presented to the Governor of Northern Ireland within the period hereinafter mentioned praying that the regulation be annulled, the Governor of Northern Ireland in Council may annul the regulation and it shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
(3)The period referred to in subsection (2) of this section is, in relation to either House of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, a period beginning with the day following that on which the regulation is laid before it and comprising ten days at least on which that House has sat, but not being in any case shorter in duration than twenty days; and days comprised in more than one Session of the Parliament of Northern Ireland may be reckoned for the purposes of this subsection.
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C1S. 2 explained by Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1967 (c. 70), s. 8; saved (N. I.) by Road Traffic Act (N. I.) 1970 (c. 2), s. 188(4); restricted (N. I.) by S. I. 1973/2163
C2Functions of Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland now exercisable by Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland: S. R. & O. (N. I.) 1963 No. 77, 1965 No. 13 and 1973 No. 504
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