Territorial extent and application
The provisions of the Act extend to Great Britain. In the view of the UK Government, the matters to which the provisions of the Act relate are not within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament or the National Assembly for Wales; accordingly no legislative consent motions are required. In Northern Ireland employment and industrial relations are transferred. The Act makes a minor, ancillary amendment to NI legislation on political funds which deals with NI trade union members in GB, which is consequential on the changes proposed on political funds in GB. As a result, the Government does not consider that the legislative consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly is required.