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Version Superseded: 02/12/1999
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4 Measures of Northern Ireland Assembly.U.K.
(1)Laws may be made for Northern Ireland by Measures of the Assembly (in this Act referred to as “Measures”).
(2)A Measure shall be enacted by being passed by the Assembly and approved by Her Majesty in Council.
(3)Subject to section 17 below, a Measure shall have the same force and effect as an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
(4)This section does not affect the power of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to make laws for Northern Ireland but, subject to the said section 17, a Measure may amend or repeal any provision made by or under any Act of Parliament in so far as it is part of the law of Northern Ireland.
(5)It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that a Measure is not invalid by reason of any failure to comply with the provisions of section 5, 6, 14 or 18(2), (5) or (6) below; and no act or omission under any of those provisions shall be called in question in any legal proceedings.
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