SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14U.K. Transitional provisions and savings

Presiding Officer and deputyU.K.

13U.K.Any person appointed or elected under paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998 who holds office immediately before the appointed day shall on and after that day hold office as Presiding Officer or, as the case may be, deputy Presiding Officer as if he had been elected by the Assembly under section 39.