Agricultural Marketing Act 1958

3.—(1) In this Article “the 1958 Act” means the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958(1).

(2) In section 13(1)(e) of the 1958 Act, where “the Minister” includes the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland, the term shall be modified so as instead to include the Northern Ireland Department.

(3) The Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland shall cease to be amongst the Ministers who, acting jointly, may exercise any of the functions conferred by the provisions set out in paragraph (4), and such functions as would, in accordance with section 52(1) of the 1958 Act, be exercisable by that Secretary of State acting jointly with one or more of the following, namely another Minister of the Crown, the Scottish Ministers and the National Assembly for Wales, shall instead be exercisable by the Northern Ireland Department acting jointly with such other person or persons.

(4) The provisions referred to in paragraph (3) are sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 19, 19A, 20, 21, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 43, 44 and 45 of the 1958 Act.

(5) In section 30 of the 1958 Act, the requirement for the Ministers to lay a report before Parliament shall include a requirement for the Northern Ireland Department to lay a copy of the report before the Northern Ireland Assembly.