In its application to Northern Ireland this Act has effect as if—
(a)references to an enactment included references to Northern Ireland legislation,
(b)references to a police authority were references to the Northern Ireland Policing Board,
(c)references to a justice of the peace were references to a lay magistrate,
(d)references to a local planning authority were references to the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland,
(e)references to a highway were references to a road (within the meaning of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1085 (N.I. 11)),
(f)references to a local authority were references to a district council,
(g)[F1the reference in section 28(2)(d) to section 143 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) were a reference to Article 11 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2795 N.I. 15)),]
(h)the reference in section 31(5) to section 32(2)(b) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) were a reference to Article 34(2)(b) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)), and
(i)for section 39 there were substituted—
In Article 26(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (arrestable offences) at the end add—
“(r)offences under section 21(1), 27(1) or 31(1) of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (unauthorised advertising, trading and ticket sales).””
Textual Amendments
F1S. 38(g) omitted (E.W.S.) (14.2.2012) by virtue of London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Act 2011 (c. 22), ss. 1(12), 10(1)