SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 4ADepartment with policing and justice functions

Annotations:

Part 2Department in the charge of two Ministers

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).