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Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
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Assembly and Executive Transfer of Responsibilities Motion
Assembly and Executive Transfer of Responsibilities Motion
12.—(1) An Assembly and Executive Transfer of Responsibilities Motion is a motion, passed with cross-community support in the Assembly, requesting that the Secretary of State bring forward legislation (being legislation which is beyond the legislative competence of the Assembly), to allow matters to be dealt with as Reserved rather than Excepted matters.
(2) The Schedule makes further provision in respect of the arrangements to be dealt with as reserved rather than excepted matters.
(3) Only those arrangements laid out in the Schedule can be contained in the Assembly and Executive Transfer of Responsibilities Motion.
(4) If the Assembly passes an Assembly and Executive Transfer of Responsibilities Motion the Speaker must send a copy of it to the Secretary of State.
Tabling of Assembly and Executive Transfer of Responsibilities Motion
13.—(1) The AERC must ensure that an Assembly and Executive Transfer of Responsibilities Motion is tabled for debate as soon as is possible, and in any event not later than five sitting days after this section comes into operation.
(2) In this section and section 14—
“the AERC” means the committee established in accordance with section 29A of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (committee to review functioning of Assembly and Executive Committee), and
“sitting day” means a day on which the Assembly sits in plenary.
Reports by the AERC
14.—(1) This section applies where the Assembly has passed an Assembly and Executive Transfer of Responsibilities Motion.
(2) Standing orders must provide for the AERC to make reports to the Assembly on progress made by the Secretary of State in bringing forward the legislation referred to in section 12 in accordance with this section.
(3) The AERC must ensure that these reports are laid before the Assembly at least every three months until the legislation has been made.
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