{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973/section-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973/section-33.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/41",
  "legislation_title": "Fair Trading Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973",
  "path": "section/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Application of Part II to Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "(1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland to enforce in Northern Ireland the provisions of any order under section 22 of this Act.\n(2) In the application of this Part of this Act to Northern Ireland—\n(a) section 27 shall not apply;\n(b) in sections 28 and 29, any reference to a local weights and measures authority shall be construed as a reference to the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland, and the provisions of sections 30 to 32 shall be construed accordingly;\n(c) in section 29(3), any reference to a justice of the peace shall be construed as a reference to a resident magistrate; and\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 29-33 repealed in part (26.5.2008) by The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 15, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 Note (with reg. 28(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 8(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 33(2)(d) repealed (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s. 107(2), Sch. 4 (with s. 81(2)); S.I. 1996/3146, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/41/section/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:02.300806+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."
}