s 9 Application to Norther Ireland.
(1) This Act shall in its application to Northern Ireland have effect subject to the following provisions of this section. (2) For any reference to the Minister of Health or to the Minister of Town and Country Planning there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of Environment for Northern Ireland ; for any reference to the High Court there shall be substituted a reference to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland. (3) The definition in subsection (3) of section one of the expression “ permanent or long-term interest ” shall be extended so as to include in relation to any land in Northern Ireland any freehold estate which is recognised in accordance with the rules of law and equity applicable in Northern Ireland as a valid and subsisting estate in such land. (4) Subsection (2) of section four shall have effect as if for the references therein to the Town Country Planning (Interim Development) Act, 1943, and to the Town and Country Planning Act, 1932, there were respectively substituted references to the Planning (Interim Development) Act (Northern Ireland), 1944, and to the Planning and Housing Act (Northern Ireland), 1931. (5) Section seven shall have effect as if— (a) for the reference, in paragraph (a) of the definition of “authority responsible for enforcing planning control” contained in subsection (1) thereof, to the council of a county, county borough or county district there were substituted a reference to a local authority; (b) for the reference, in paragraph (a) of the said definition, and in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of the section, to the Town and Country Planning Act 1932, there were substituted a reference to the Planning Acts (Northern Ireland) 1931 and 1944; (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) for the definition of “owner” the following definition were substituted— “ owner ” includes in relation to any land any person who under the Lands Clauses Acts would be enabled to sell and convey the land to the promoters of the undertaking; (e) for the references in subsection (5) thereof to section thirteen of the Town and Country Planning Act 1932, and to section five of the Town and Country Planning (Interim Development) Act 1943, there were respectively substituted references to section seven of the Planning and Housing Act (Northern Ireland), 1931, and to section four of the Planning (Interim Development) Act (Northern Ireland) 1944. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .