The Northern Ireland (Modification of Enactments—No. 1) Order 1973

42.  In the Statutory Rules Act (Northern Ireland) 1958—

(a) in section 1(1)(a) for from “conferred” onwards substitute—

“conferred by—

(i) any Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland (whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act), unless the power is expressed to be exercisable by statutory instrument;

  

(ii) any Measure of the Assembly, unless the power is expressed to be exercisable by statutory instrument;

  

(iii) any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act) passed before the appointed day within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, if the power relates to any matter in respect of which the Parliament of Northern Ireland has power to make laws and is not expressed to be exercisable by statutory instrument;

  

(iv) any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after that day, if the power is expressed to be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of this Act.”.

(b) for section 1(2)(a), substitute—

“(a) the chief executive member;

  

(aa) the Commissioners of Customs and Excise;

  

(ab) the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;

  

(ac) the Lord Chancellor;

  

(ad) the Minister for the Civil Service;

  

(ae) the presiding officer of the Assembly;

  

(af) the Secretary of State;

  

(ag) the Treasury;”;

(c) in section 4(1) for from “Speaker of the Senate” onwards substitute “presiding officer of the Assembly”;

(d) in section 7(1) for “either or both such Houses” substitute “the Assembly”.