[Part 2 Department in the Charge of Two Ministers]
Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c 47) | Legislation

[Part 2 Department in the Charge of Two Ministers]

[Introduction

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(1)     This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation to a Northern Ireland department—

(a)     the functions of which consist wholly or mainly of devolved policing and justice functions; and

(b)     in relation to which an Act of the Assembly provides, by virtue of section 21A(4), for it to be in the charge of two Northern Ireland Ministers acting jointly (the “relevant Ministersâ€).

(2)     In this paragraph “devolved policing and justice function†has the same meaning as in section 21A (see subsection (8) of that section).

[Modification of section 16A

4A

Section 16A(3) shall have effect as if, for paragraph (b) (and the word “and†before it) there were substituted—

“(aa)     once those offices have been filled, the relevant Ministerial offices (within the meaning of Part 2 of Schedule 4A) shall be filled by applying paragraph 7(3) to (6) of that Schedule; and

(b)     once those offices have been filled, the other Ministerial offices to be held by Northern Ireland Ministers shall be filled by applying section 18(2) to (6).â€]

Modifications of section 17

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(1)     Section 17 (Ministerial offices) has effect subject to the

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