Paragraph 10

(1)

A reference to—

(a)

a particular Ministry of Northern Ireland; or

(b)

the Minister in charge of a particular Ministry,

shall, in relation to a function, be construed as a reference to the Northern Ireland department which exercises that function or to the Northern Ireland Minister in charge of that department.

(2)

A reference to an unspecified Ministry shall be construed as a reference to a Northern Ireland department.

(3)

This paragraph applies to enactments and instruments passed or made before 1st January 1974.