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2. In the application of section 165 (parliamentary copyright) of the Act to works made by or under the direction or control of the Northern Ireland Assembly, it shall be read as if—
(a)references to “the House of Commons or the House of Lords”, “that House”, or “either House” were references to “the Northern Ireland Assembly”;
(b)for subsection (1)(b) there were substituted—
“(b)the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission(1) is the first owner of any copyright in the work”;
(c)the reference in subsection (4)(a) to “employee” were a reference to “member of the staff”; and
(d)in subsection (4)—
“officer” meant the Presiding Officer and any deputy, elected under section 39 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;
“proceedings” included proceedings of any committee or sub-committee; and
“staff” had the same meaning as “staff of the Assembly” in the Northern Ireland Act(2).
Established by section 40 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47).
Paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 5 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998, read with paragraph 2(5) of that Schedule, provides the definition of “staff of the Assembly”.