Part VIII Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

110 Enforcement in Northern Ireland.

(1)

Subject to the provisions of F1subsections (3C) and (4) of this section, it shall be the duty of the F2Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety (in this section referred to as “the Minister”) to enforce in Northern Ireland, or to secure the enforcement in Northern Ireland of, the provisions of this Act and of any regulations and orders made under it.

(2)

For the purpose of performing that duty in relation to the provisions specified in F3paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 108 of this Act in their application as mentioned in F4that paragraph, within the F5district of any F6district council, the Minister may make arrangements or give directions whereby the F6district council, to such extent as the arrangements or directions may provide, shall have power concurrently with the Minister, or shall be under a duty concurrently with him, to enforce the provisions specified in the said F3paragraph (a) in their application as so mentioned F7....

F8(3)

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F9F10(3A)

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(3B)

The Pharmaceutical Society F11of Northern Ireland shall be under a duty to enforce F12the provisions of sections 72A and 72AA of this Act, and any regulations made under section 72A, in their application to Northern Ireland.

(3C)

The Minister shall be under no duty to enforce F13those provisions, or any regulations made under section 72A, in their application to Northern Ireland.

(3D)

Notwithstanding subsection (3C) of this section the Minister is to be treated for the purposes of sections 111 to 114 of this Act—

(a)

as empowered by this section to enforce F14those provisions, or any regulations made under section 72A, in their application to Northern Ireland, and

(b)

to that extent as an enforcement authority in relation to those F15... provisions or those regulations in their application to Northern Ireland.

F16(4)

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(5)

F17Subsection (9) of section 108 of this Act shall have effect in relation to Northern Ireland as if—

(a)

in the said subsection (9) the reference to subsections F18(2) to (6D) of that section were a reference to subsections (2) F19to (3D) of this section; F20...

F20(b)

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F21(6), (7)

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F22(8)

In this section “district council” means a council established under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.