Commentary on provisions of Act Section 24: Extent
This section provides for the amendments made by the Act to have the same extent as the provisions amended. Almost all these provisions extend to England and Wales and Scotland. The exceptions are the amendments to provisions in Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the 1992 Act (application of funds for political objects), which extend also to Northern Ireland but in a merely incidental way (see section 301(2)(b) of the 1992 Act); and the consequential amendment at paragraph 16 of a provision that extends to Northern Ireland. As these amendments are minor, incidental changes which are consequential on the changes being made to the 1992 Act, the Government does not consider that a legislative consent motion from the Northern Ireland Assembly will be required.