Cereals Marketing Act 19656.

(1)

In this Article—

“the 1965 Act” means the Cereals Marketing Act 19657, and

“the Authority” means the Home-Grown Cereals Authority established under section 1 of the 1965 Act.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), any function under the 1965 Act which is exercisable in relation to the Authority by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland acting jointly with any one or more of the following, namely another Minister of the Crown, the Scottish Ministers and the National Assembly for Wales, shall instead be exercisable by the Northern Ireland Department acting jointly with such other person or persons.

(3)

Paragraph (2) shall not apply to any function of making Orders under sections 7, 13 and 16 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 1965 Act.

(4)

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland shall cease to be amongst the Ministers who, acting jointly, may exercise the functions referred to in paragraph (3) and the functions under section 6 of the Agriculture Act 19868 (Extension of the 1965 Act to new cereals and other crops), but such functions shall only be exercisable with the consent of the Northern Ireland Department.

(5)

In sections 17(2)(c) and 21 of the 1965 Act, where “the Ministers” includes the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland, the term shall be modified so as instead to include the Northern Ireland Department.

(6)

In section 21 of the 1965 Act, any requirement for the Ministers to lay a copy of a report or statement before each House of Parliament shall include a requirement for the Northern Ireland Department to lay a copy of the report or statement before the Northern Ireland Assembly.