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(1)The executive power in Northern Ireland shall continue to be vested in Her Majesty.
(2)As respects transferred matters the Secretary of State shall, as Her Majesty’s principal officer in Northern Ireland, exercise on Her Majesty’s behalf such prerogative or other executive powers of Her Majesty in relation to Northern Ireland as may be delegated to him by Her Majesty.
(3)The powers so delegated shall be exercised through the [F1persons appointed under section 8 below] and the Northern Ireland departments.
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(5)The Ministries of the Government of Northern Ireland existing on the appointed day shall be the Northern Ireland departments for the purposes of this Act (and shall be known as departments instead of Ministries) but provision may be made by Measure for establishing new Northern Ireland departments or dissolving existing ones.
(6)The Secretary of State as Her Majesty’s principal officer in Northern Ireland, the members of the Northern Ireland Executive, any other persons appointed under section 8 below and the Northern Ireland departments are in this Act referred to as Northern Ireland executive authorities.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Northern Ireland Constitution (Amendment) Act 1973 (c. 69, SIF 29:3), s. 1(2)
F2S. 7(4) repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1982 (c. 38, SIF 29:3), Sch. 3