(1)This Act, or any enactment therein, may be extended to Northern Ireland by an order of His Majesty in Council made after the passing by each House of the Parliament of Northern Ireland of a resolution praying that this Act, or that enactment, as the case may be may, be so extended, but otherwise it shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
(2)Development council orders applying solely to Northern Ireland, or an order under section nine of this Act so applying, may be made by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, or the Ministry of Agriculture, for Northern Ireland, and, notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of section one of this Act, shall not be made otherwise, and references in this Act to the Board or Minister concerned, and in section nine of this Act to the authorities named in the said subsection (2), shall be construed accordingly in relation to such an order.
(3)A development council order, an order amending such an order or an order under section nine of this Act, being an order which extends to Northern Ireland or applies solely to Northern Ireland, shall not be made until a draft of the order has been approved by a resolution of each House of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and subsection (6) of section one of this Act, and subsection (9) of section nine thereof, shall not apply to an order which applies solely to Northern Ireland.
(4)The prohibition imposed by subsection (2) of section five of this Act on the disclosure of returns and information furnished or obtained as therein mentioned shall, in so far as any such returns or information relate to business carried on in Northern Ireland, have effect subject to the following exception in addition to the exceptions specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of the said subsection (2), namely that such returns or information may, in so far as they relate to such business, be disclosed to, or to an officer of, the Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland in connection with the execution or for the purposes of any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland corresponding to the enactment mentioned in paragraph (d) of the said subsection (2).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 15: references to Ministries and Ministers of Northern Ireland to be construed in accordance with Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), s. 40, Sch. 5 paras. 7, 8 and S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6), arts. 3, 7, 1982/846 (N.I. 11), arts. 4, 5: functions of Ministry of Commerce now exercisable by Department of Economic Development and functions of the Ministry of Finance now exercisable by Department of Finance and Personnel