In this Act—

• “Minister” means a Northern Ireland Minister within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998,

• “nominating officer” has the same meaning as it does in the Northern Ireland Act 1998,

• “the Opposition” means the Assembly Opposition referred to in section 1, and

• “qualifying party” has the meaning given in section 2.

This Act comes into operationthe day after it receives Royal Assent.

This Act may be cited as the Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.