# Northern Ireland Act 1998, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/12/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-12/paragraph-10
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