Citation and commencement
1.—(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.