{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-inflation-act-1973/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-inflation-act-1973/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/9",
  "legislation_title": "Counter-Inflation Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-inflation-act-1973",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Application to Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Where an offence mentioned in section 18(4) of this Act is an offence punishable on conviction on indictment, section 18 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 and Schedule 4 to the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (procedure on charge of an offence against a corporation) shall have effect as if the body there mentioned were a corporation.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nand Schedule 4 to this Act shall apply as if\n(i) for references to a local weights and measures authority and to an inspector or chief inspector appointed under the Weights and Measures Act 1963 there were substituted respectively references to the Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland and any of its officers;\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(iii) references in paragraph 4 to a Minister of the Crown included references to a Minister of Northern Ireland and to a department of the Government of Northern Ireland.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 1(1)(2)(5)(6), 2, 5, 6(1)–(6), 9, 10, 15, 17(1)(5), 20(1)(2)(6), 21, 22, 23(3) repealed by Competition Act 1980 (c. 21, SIF 124:1), Sch. 2 and S.I. 1980/497"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 3, 4, 6(7), 11–13, 16, 17(7)(10), 18(1)–(3)(6), 20(3)(8) repealed by Price Commission Act 1977 (c. 33), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26) art. 170 (2), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words and s. 20 (5) (a) repealed by Competition Act 1980 (c. 21. SIF 124:1), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 20(5) (b) repealed by Price Commission Act 1977 (c. 33), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 20(5) (ii) repealed by Competition Act 1980 (c. 21, SIF 124:1), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 20(7) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1945 c. 15 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1964 c. 21 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1963 c. 31(131)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 20(4) (5) (i) (iii) repealed (1.1.2011) by Competition Act 1980 (c. 21, SIF 124:1), s. 33(4), Sch. 2 and S.I. 1980/497"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 20(5) (i): the reference to Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland to be construed as a reference to Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), Sch. 5 para. 8(1) and S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), arts. 4, 5(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/9/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:57.650622+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}