Territorial extent and application
Section 14 sets the territorial extent of the Act. The Act will extend and apply to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is required to seek the consent of the Scottish and Welsh Devolved Governments to make regulations under section 1, and the Northern Ireland department to make regulations under section 1 or 5(2), where the regulations contain provision within devolved competence, unless the provision is merely incidental to, or consequential on, provision outside devolved competence.