PART 4Other subject areas
Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol
I124No alteration of North-South co-operation
In section 10 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (continuation of North-South co-operation and the prevention of new border arrangements), after subsection (2), insert—
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A Minister of the Crown may not agree to the making of a recommendation by the Joint Committee under Article 11(2) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the withdrawal agreement (recommendations as to North-South cooperation) to—
a
alter the arrangements for North-South co-operation as provided for by the Belfast Agreement,
b
establish a new implementation body, or
c
alter the functions of an existing implementation body.
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In this section—
“the Belfast Agreement” has the meaning given by section 98 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;
“implementation body” has the meaning given by section 55(3) of that Act.