PART 7

Extent, commencement and short title

Transitional etc provision in connection with commencement
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1
The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act (subject to subsection (4)).
2
The relevant Northern Ireland department may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of Part 2 or, as the case may be, Part 3 so far as relating to Northern Ireland.
3
No provision may be made by the relevant Northern Ireland department in regulations under subsection (2) unless the provision, if it were contained in an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly—
a
would be within the legislative competence of the Assembly, and
b
would not require the consent of the Secretary of State.
4
Regulations of the Secretary of State under this section may not contain provision that could be made by regulations of the relevant Northern Ireland department under this section.
5
The power to make regulations under subsection (2) is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
6
In this section, the “relevant Northern Ireland department” means—
a
in relation to Part 2, the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, and
b
in relation to Part 3, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.