14Power of Executive Committee to call for witnesses and documentsU.K.
After section 28B of the 1998 Act insert—
“Executive Committee: further provisionsU.K.
28CPower of Executive Committee to call for witnesses and documents
Section 44 applies to the Executive Committee as it applies to the Assembly, but as if—
(a)in subsection (1), for “any person” there were substituted “ a senior officer of a Northern Ireland department (within the meaning given by Article 2(3) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999) ”;
(b)at the end of that subsection there were inserted “ but only in so far as they are matters in relation to which the Executive Committee's functions under section 20(3) or (4) are exercisable ”;
(c)subsection (6) were omitted; and
(d)in subsection (7), for “The Presiding Officer” there were substituted “ The First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly ”.”
Commencement Information
I1Part 2 (ss. 5-19) in force on 26.3.2007 if (and only if) the Secretary of State makes a restoration order by virtue of s. 2(2), see s. 27(4)(5)