Commentary on Sections Part 9: General Section 78 Extent
413.This section deals with the Act's geographical extent. Amendments made by the Act to other enactments have the same territorial extent as the provisions amended. Otherwise the Act extends to the whole of the UK, subject to the exceptions specified in the paragraphs below.
414.The following provisions do not extend to Northern Ireland: sections 9 to 11, 67 and 70, Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1, and the repeal in Schedule 2 relating to paragraph 86 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985.
415.Section 70 (Time limit for prosecutions) does not extend to Scotland.