Part 2Amendments of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 etc

Miscellaneous

I116Strategy relating to poverty, social exclusion etc

After section 28D of the 1998 Act insert—

28EStrategy relating to poverty, social exclusion etc

1

The Executive Committee shall adopt a strategy setting out how it proposes to tackle poverty, social exclusion and patterns of deprivation based on objective need.

2

The Executive Committee—

a

must keep under review the strategy; and

b

may from time to time adopt a new strategy or revise the strategy.