Administrative Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1933

3 Adaptations of law as to administrative matters. N.I.

(1) References in any enactment to Belfast, where they occur in relation to departments or offices of the Government of Northern Ireland for the administration of any public service, shall be construed as including, if the context so requires, references to the Administrative Buildings at Stormont occupied by the said Government.

In this sub-section the expression “enactment” means an enactment of the United Kingdom Parliament—

(a) relating to or affecting any Irish service in Northern Ireland; and

(b) passed before the appointed day for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 [1920 c.67] , with respect to that service; and

(c) adapted or modified in its application to Northern Ireland by any Order made by His Majesty in Council under the said Act;

and includes any order, scheme, rule, regulation or instrument to which the adaptations or modifications made by any such Order in Council apply.

(2) Orders made by the Ministry of Finance under section two of the Public Offices Fees Act, 1879 [1879 c.58] , shall be published in the Belfast Gazette and not in the London Gazette, and the said section shall, in its application to Irish services in Northern Ireland, have effect accordingly.