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1966 c. 36. “The Ministers” referred to in section 19(4)(e) are defined in section 27(1) of the Act. The definition of “the Ministers” was amended to “the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales and the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland acting jointly” by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272).

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The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in section 19 were transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by article 3(1) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794). By virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), the reference in the 1966 Act to the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland is to 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. The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)). Devolved government in Northern Ireland is currently suspended by virtue of the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2574). Paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1) provides that during suspension the functions of a Northern Ireland Minister who was in charge of a Northern Ireland department immediately before the coming into force of section 1 of that Act may be discharged by that department, subject, according to paragraph 4(1)(f) of the Schedule, to the direction and control of the Secretary of State.