(1)In section 7(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (entrenched enactments), insert at the end “and
(d)section 1 and section 84 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.”
(2)A Bill containing any provision which deals (otherwise than incidentally) with—
(a)appointment to, or removal from, a protected judicial office (including the subject matter of section 19),
(b)the subject matter of section 12(1), or
(c)the subject matter of Part 2,
may not be passed by the Assembly without cross-community support.
(3)“Cross-community support” has the meaning given by section 4(5) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47).
(4)“Passed”, in relation to a Bill, means passed at the final stage (at which the Bill can be passed or rejected but not amended).