(1)Where under section 83 of this Act the Secretary of State lays before Parliament a copy of a report of the Commission on a newspaper merger reference, then—
(a)if before laying it the Secretary of State has consented to the transfer of a newspaper or of newspaper assets to which the report relates, he shall annex a copy of that consent to the copy of the report laid before Parliament, or
(b)if he subsequently consents to that transfer, he shall thereupon lay before Parliment a copy of that consent.
(2)Where the persons to whom a report of the Commission is made under this Act include [F1the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland], that [F1Department] shall lay a copy of the report before [F2the Northern Ireland Assembly], and shall arrange for it to be published in Northern Ireland in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate.
(3)If a report to which subsection (2) of this section applies is presented by command of [F3the Secretary of State] to [F2the Northern Ireland Assembly] otherwise than at or during the time of a sitting of [F2the Assembly], the presentation of the report shall for the purposes of that subsection be treated as the laying of a copy of it before [F2the Assembly] as required by that subsection.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28), Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b)(4)
F2Words substituted by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 3(2)
F3Words substituted by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 4(1)