104.This section ensures that during suspension of devolved government, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland can exercise the powers of Northern Ireland Ministers to establish Northern Ireland Inquiries under section 30 and to make rules of procedure under section 41. The Secretary of State will be consulted, in place of the Northern Ireland Ministers, when consultation is required under section 27 or section 51.
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