EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes various amendments to specified primary legislation.

Article 3 gives effect to the Schedule to the Order which specifies amendments to primary legislation.

In the Schedule, paragraph 1 specifies amendments made in consequence of the conferring of Schedule 5 investigatory and enforcement powers (which replace existing powers) on the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland.

Paragraph 2 specifies amendments to Schedule 5 to the Act. Paragraph 2(2) amends paragraph 10 so as to include two sets of regulations on tobacco to the list of legislation to which the investigatory powers in Schedule 5 apply. Paragraph 2(3) amends paragraph 11 in order to specify legislation as enforcer’s legislation.