Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/part/III/crossheading/authorities/data.xht?view=snippet&wrap=true
Timestamp: 2019-07-20 14:46:56
Document Index: 267092781

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3']

F116 First Minister and deputy First Minister.U.K.
[F216AAppointment of First Minister, deputy First Minister and Northern Ireland Ministers following Assembly electionU.K.
(3)Within a period of [F314 days] beginning with the first meeting of the Assembly—
F2Ss. 16A-16C substituted (8.5.2007) for s. 16 by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 8(1), 27(4)(5) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)) (with s. 1(3)): S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2
F3Words in s. 16A(3) substituted (4.5.2016) by Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016 (c. 13), ss. 6(1), 11(2)
16BVacancies in the office of First Minister or deputy First MinisterU.K.
16CSections 16A and 16B: supplementaryU.K.
(a)a person nominated by the nominating officer of a political party ceased to hold office as First Minister or deputy First Minister as a result of a resolution of the Assembly under section 30(2)F5...; and
(b)the party's period of exclusion under section 30(2) F6... subsequently comes to an end otherwise than by virtue of the dissolution of the Assembly,
the First Minister and the deputy First Minister shall cease to hold office when the party's period of exclusion under that provision comes to an end F7....
(12)In this section, a reference to a period of exclusion F9... is, in the case of a period of exclusion F9... which has been extended, a reference to that period as extended.
(14)In this Act “the pledge of office” means the pledge of office which, together with the code of conduct to which it refers, is set out in Schedule 4.]
F4S. 16C(8) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(a)(i)
F5Words in s. 16C(9)(a) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(a)(ii)
F6Words in s. 16C(9)(b) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(a)(iii)
F7Words in s. 16C(9) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(a)(iv)
F8S. 16C(10) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(a)(v)
F9Words in s. 16C(12) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(a)(vi)
17 Ministerial offices.U.K.
C7S. 17(5) excluded (12.3.2009) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1, 5, Sch. 1 para. 8(7) (with Sch. 1 para. 8(9))
18 Northern Ireland Ministers.U.K.
F11[F12(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(da)a period of exclusion under section 30(2) F13... comes to an end; or.]
(b)the party’s period of exclusion [F14under that provision] has not come to an end,
F15(12A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F15(12B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F16(13)In this section “nominating officer”, in relation to a party, means—
(b)a member of the Assembly nominated by him for the purposes of this section.]
[F17(14)In this section, a reference to a period of exclusion F18... is, in the case of a period of exclusion F18... which has been extended, a reference to that period as extended.]
F10S. 18(1)(a) omitted (8.5.2007) by virtue of Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 8, 27(4)(5) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)), {Sch. 5 para. 2(2)} (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2
F11S. 18(1)(d) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(b)(i)
F12S. 18(1)(d)(da) substituted (7.1.2004) for s. 18(1)(d) by Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (c. 25), ss. 5(2), 12; S.I. 2004/83, art. 2
F13Words in s. 18(1)(da) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(b)(ii)
F14Words in s. 18(12)(b) inserted (7.1.2004) by Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (c. 25), ss. 5(3), 12; S.I. 2004/83, art. 2
F15S. 18(12A)(12B) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(b)(iii)
F16S. 18(13) substituted (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 2(2), 8, 27(4)(5) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)), Sch. 5 para. 2(3) (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2
F17S. 18(14) inserted (7.1.2004) by Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (c. 25), ss. 5(5), 12; S.I. 2004/83, art. 2
F18Words in s. 18(14) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/978), arts. 1(2), 5(b)(iv)
C8S. 18(1) excluded (4.5.2016) by Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016 (c. 13), s. 11(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(1)
C9S. 18(1)(b) excluded (12.3.2009) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1, 5, Sch. 1 para. 6
C10S. 18(2)-(6) applied (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 2(2) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)), 27(1), {Sch. 2 para. 2(5)(6)}; S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2
C11S. 18(2)-(6) applied (24.3.2016) by Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 10), ss. 3(2), 17
C12S. 18(10) applied (12.2.2000) by 2000 c. 1, s. 3(7)(a); S.I. 2000/396, art. 2
C13S. 18(10) applied (24.3.2016) by Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 10), ss. 3(2)(c), 17
19 Junior Ministers.U.K.
C14S. 19(3)(a) applied (12.2.2000) by 2000 c. 1, s. 3(7)(b); S.I. 2000/396, art. 2
[F19[F2019A Disqualification for certain offices which may be held by members of the Assembly.U.K.
[F21(a)be nominated to hold the office of First Minister or deputy First Minister or a Ministerial office to be held by a Northern Ireland Minister,]
(iii)a joint committee of the Oireachtas (National Parliament of Ireland).]
F19S. 19A inserted (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 42, s. 2
F20S. 19A inserted (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 42, s. 2
F21S. 19A(1)(a) substituted for s. 19A(1)(a)(b) (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 2(2), 8, 27(4)(5) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)), {Sch. 5 para. 3} (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2
20 The Executive Committee.]U.K.
[F22(4)The Committee shall also have the function of discussing and agreeing upon—
(b)significant or controversial matters that the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly have determined to be matters that should be considered by the Executive Committee.]
[F23(5)Subsections (3) and (4) are subject to subsection (6).
(6)Quasi-judicial decisions may be made by the Department of Justice or the Minister in charge of that Department without recourse to the Executive Committee.]
F22S. 20(4) inserted (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 2(2), 5(1), 27(4)(5) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)) (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2
F23S. 20(5)(6) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 23 (with arts. 28-31)
21 Northern Ireland departments.U.K.
[F2421ANorthern Ireland department with policing and justice functionsU.K.
(1)An Act of the Assembly that—
may (but need not) make provision of the kind mentioned in subsection (3) [F25, (3A)],(4), (5) or (5A).
[F26(3A)The Act may provide for the department to be in the charge of a Northern Ireland Minister appointed by virtue of a nomination—
(6)There must not, at any time, be more than one department in relation to which provision of the kind mentioned in any of subsections (3) [F25, (3A)],(4) , (5) and (5A) is made by Act of the Assembly , or by Order in Council under subsection (7C).
F24S. 21A inserted (11.3.2009) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), s. 17(1), 31 (as amended (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 18(7), 27(4)(5) (with s. 1(3)) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St. Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2) (and as further amended (11.3.2009) by Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6), ss. 44, 53; S.I. 2009/446, art. 3); S.I. 2009/448, art. 2
F25Words in s. 21A(1)(6) inserted (12.3.2009) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1, 5, Sch. 1 para. 3(2)
F26S. 21A(3A) inserted (12.3.2009) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1, 5, Sch. 1 para. 3(3)
[F2721BSection 21A(5A) and (7C): transitional provisionU.K.
(a)the first Act of the Assembly to establish a new Northern Ireland department [F28the purpose of which is to exercise functions consisting wholly or mainly of devolved policing and justice functions but only if the Act makes provision of the kind mentioned in section 21A(5A) (other than by virtue of paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009)] ; or
F27S. 21B inserted (11.3.2009) by Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6), ss. 44(6), 53; S.I. 2009/446, art. 3(2)(a)
F28Words in s. 21B(1)(a) substituted (12.3.2009) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1, 5, Sch. 1 para. 9
[F2921CSection 21A(5A) and (7C): power of Assembly to secure retention or abolition of deputy Ministerial officeU.K.
(1)This section applies if [F30the first Northern Ireland department the purpose of which is to exercise functions consisting wholly or mainly of devolved policing and justice functions (as defined in section 21A(8))] is established—
(a)by an Act of the Assembly which makes provision of the kind mentioned in section 21A(5A) [F31(other than by virtue of paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009)] ; or
(b)may contain supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision.]
F29S. 21C inserted (11.3.2009) by Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6), ss. 44(7), 53; S.I. 2009/446, art. 3(2)(a)
F30Words in s. 21C(1) substituted (12.3.2009) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1, 5, Sch. 1 para. 10(a)
F31Words in s. 21C(1)(a) inserted (12.3.2009) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1, 5, Sch. 1 para. 10(b)