5.—(1) The Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 17(1)(a) after “Part” insert “, provided the Commissioner is satisfied in the case of a complaint that it is not frivolous or vexatious or otherwise an abuse of the complaints process”.
(3) In section 17(1)(b) after “Code of Conduct” insert “or the Ministerial Code, or both,”.
(4) At the end of section 17(1)(d) insert “including Ministers”.
(5) In section 17(2)(a) after “Code of Conduct” insert “or the Ministerial Code, or both,”.
(6) In section 17(3), at the appropriate place insert—
“the Ministerial Code” means the Ministerial Code of Conduct set out in Schedule 4 to the 1998 Act;”.
(7) In section 17(3), in the definition of “relevant time”, after “Code of Conduct” insert “or the Ministerial Code, or both,”.
(8) In section 27(1) after “Assembly” insert “or Minister’’.