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The Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) Regulations 2019
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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) Regulations 2019 No. 320
Draft regulations laid before Parliament under section 5(4)(a) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
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2019 No.
Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) Regulations 2019
Made
2019
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(3) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018(1), makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 5(4)(a) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) Regulations 2019.
(2) They come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Addition of specified offices
2.—(1) The table in section 5(2) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 (NI Ministerial appointment functions: specified offices) is amended as follows.
(2) Before the entry for the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, insert the following entries—
| “Attorney General for Northern Ireland | Secretary of State |
| Member of the Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland | Secretary of State |
| Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland | Secretary of State |
| Member or chair of the Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland | Secretary of State |
| Member, chair or vice-chair of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive | Secretary of State” |
(3) After the entry for the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, insert the following entry—
| “Member or chair of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee | Secretary of State” |
Name
Minister of State
Northern Ireland Office
Date
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Under section 5 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018, during the current period while there is no Executive in Northern Ireland, appointment functions conferred on Northern Ireland Ministers may be exercised by a Minister of the Crown in respect of the offices specified in that section. Section 5 also permits further entries to be added to the list of specified offices by regulations.
These Regulations specify further offices in respect of which appointment functions may be exercised by the Secretary of State.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
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