Territorial Extent and Application Territorial application: Northern Ireland
17.Gambling is a transferred matter for the purposes of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. Westminster will not normally legislate with regard to a transferred matter in Northern Ireland without consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Sections 3(1), 5 and 6 extend to Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly passed a Legislative Consent Motion consenting to these provisions on 17 June 2013.