SCHEDULE 4 Modifications for Northern Ireland
F1Part 2 of this Act
14C.
In section 25—
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;
(ii)
for “he” (wherever occurring) substitute “the Department”;
(iii)
for “him” substitute “it”;
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;
(ii)
for “he” (wherever occurring) substitute “the Department”;
(iii)
for “each House of Parliament” substitute “the Northern Ireland Assembly”;
(c)
“(2A)
Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (2) in relation to the laying of a code as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.”;
(d)
in subsection (4) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Department of Justice”;
(e)
“(5)
Subsections (1) to (4) above apply in relation to a code prepared by the Secretary of State under section 23(9) as they apply in relation to a code prepared by the Department of Justice and for this purpose—
(a)
references to the Department of Justice are to be read as references to the Secretary of State;
(b)
in subsection (2) the reference to the Northern Ireland Assembly is to be read as a reference to Parliament.”.