Territorial Application: Northern Ireland
434.Section 58 (power to make provision about elections) applies to Northern Ireland. This will allow modifications made under the power to have the same extent as the forms or other provisions they modify (in the same way as amendments made by the Act itself). The sections on the misuse of drugs (151-152) apply to Northern Ireland. The Act will enable the Home Secretary to make a temporary class drug order that covers the whole of the UK. Sections 156, 157 and 158 (extent, commencement and short title) also apply to Northern Ireland.