27.—(1) Articles 18 to 20 do not apply to benefits, facilities or services outside Northern Ireland except—
(a)travel on a ship registered at a port of registry in Northern Ireland; and
(b)benefits, facilities or services provided on a ship so registered.
[F1(1A) In its application in relation to granting entry clearance (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971) Article 20A applies in relation to acts done outside the United Kingdom, as well as those done within Northern Ireland.]
(2) Article 21(1)—
(a)does not apply to goods, facilities or services outside Northern Ireland except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4); and
(b)does not apply to facilities by way of banking or insurance or for grants, loans, credit or finance, where the facilities are for a purpose to be carried out, or in connection with risks wholly or mainly arising, outside Northern Ireland.
(3) Article 21(1) applies to the provision of facilities for travel outside Northern Ireland where the refusal or omission occurs in Northern Ireland or on a ship, aircraft or hovercraft within paragraph (4).
(4) Article 21(1) applies on and in relation to—
(a)any ship registered at a port of registry in Northern Ireland; and
(b)any aircraft or hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom and operated by a person who has his principal place of business, or is ordinarily resident, in Northern Ireland,
even if the ship, aircraft or hovercraft is outside Northern Ireland.
(5) This Article shall not render unlawful an act done in or over a country outside the United Kingdom, or in or over that country's territorial waters, for the purpose of complying with the laws of that country.
F1SR 2003/341