2010 No. 2944
Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Assembly (Minimum Period) Order 2010
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State in exercise of the power conferred by section 31(6) of the Northern Ireland Act 19981 makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Assembly (Minimum Period) Order 2010.
2
This Order comes into force on 10th January 2011.
Dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly: Minimum Period2
1
The minimum period for the purpose of section 31(6) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (dates of elections and dissolutions) is 26 days.
2
Rule 2 of the Assembly Elections Rules2 applies when computing the period mentioned in paragraph (1).
Owen PatersonOne of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of StateNorthern Ireland Office
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)