18 Northern Ireland Ministers
Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c 47) | Legislation

18  Northern Ireland Ministers

[(A1)     Where—

(a)     an Assembly is elected—

(i)     at a poll the date for which is proposed under section 32(3B), or

(ii)     following the issue of a certificate under subsection (A2),

(b)     the period of 24 weeks beginning with the day on which an Assembly first meets expires without the offices mentioned in section 16A(3) having been filled, or

(c)     the period of 48 weeks beginning with the day on which a vacancy arises in the offices of First Minister and deputy First Minister expires without those offices having been filled,

all Northern Ireland Ministers shall cease to hold office (and the Ministerial offices shall remain vacant until next filled by virtue of section 16A).

(A2)     Where the Secretary of State—

(a)     has proposed, or is under a duty to propose, a date for the poll for the election of the next Assembly under section 32(1) or (3), and

(b)     considers that, in order to give effect to the purpose underlying paragraph 3.15 of Annex C of Part 2 of The New Decade, New Approach Deal so far as it relates to representation, it is necessary for the Northern Ireland Ministers to cease to

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