Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53)

Part 2 Amendments of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 etc

Miscellaneous

13 Community designation

In section 4 of the 1998 Act (transferred, excepted and reserved matters), after subsection (5) insert—

“(5A) Standing orders of the Assembly shall provide that a member of the Assembly designated in accordance with the standing orders as a Nationalist, as a Unionist or as Other may change his designation only if—

(a) (being a member of a political party) he becomes a member of a different political party or he ceases to be a member of any political party;

(b) (not being a member of any political party) he becomes a member of a political party.”