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Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

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Reduction of number of members returned for each constituencyN.I.

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1—(1) In section 33(2) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (numbers of members returned for each constituency), for “six” substitute “ five ”.

(2) The amendment made by subsection (1) does not have effect until the first Assembly election after the 2016 election.

(3) In subsection (2)—

Assembly election” means an election under section 31 or 32 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (whichever occurs first), and

2016 election” means the election held in 2016 in accordance with section 31(1) of that Act.

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