Citation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998.
2
This Order shall come into force—
a
on the day on which the provisions of the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act1998, other than sections 2(5) and (6), 3, 6 and 8, come into force by order under section 8(2) of that Act, or
b
on the day after the day on which this Order is made,
whichever is the later.