[F1Section 18 not to apply to relevant MinistersU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4A inserted (11.3.2009) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 17, 31, Sch. 2 (as amended (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 8, 9, 27, Sch. 5 paras. 8-14, Sch. 6 (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2 (which amending Act was itself amended (27.3.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)) and as amended (11.3.2009) by Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6), ss. 44, 53, Sch. 5 paras. 2, 3; S.I. 2009/446, art. 3); S.I. 2009/448, art. 2
6(1)Section 18 (Northern Ireland Ministers) shall not apply in relation to—U.K.
(a)the relevant Ministers; or
(b)the relevant Ministerial offices,
and paragraph 7 shall apply instead.
(2)But the references to Ministerial offices in—
(a)subsection (1)(c) and (d) of section 18; and
(b)subsection (5) of that section (in the definition of M),
shall be taken to include the relevant Ministerial offices.]