Valid from 11/03/2009
[F19(1)Section 18 (Northern Ireland Ministers) shall not apply in relation to—U.K.
(a)the relevant Minister; or
(b)the Ministerial office held by the relevant Minister (the “relevant Ministerial office”),
and paragraph 11 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 office.
(3)And the junior Ministerial office held by the relevant junior Minister (the “relevant junior Ministerial office”) shall be taken to be a Ministerial office for the purposes of subsection (5) of that section.]
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