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3(1)Amend section 21A of the 1998 Act as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsections (1) and (6) after “(3)” insert “ , (3A) ”.
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)The Act may provide for the department to be in the charge of a Northern Ireland Minister appointed by virtue of a nomination—
(a)made by one or more members of the Assembly, and
(b)approved by a resolution of the Assembly passed with the support of a majority of the members voting on the motion for the resolution, a majority of the designated Nationalists voting and a majority of the designated Unionists voting.”