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Northern Ireland Act 2006

Sections 3 and 4 – Power to make consequential provision etc.

20.Section 3 provides for the Secretary of State to make by order any supplementary, incidental or consequential provision and any transitional or saving provision that may be needed as a result of the Act. Section 4 provides that the power is exercisable by affirmative resolution statutory instrument, with the possibility of expedition, for orders containing amendments or repeals of Acts or Northern Ireland legislation. Otherwise, it is exercisable by negative resolution procedure.

21.This power is mainly intended to be used to make—

  • any changes that may be needed in consequence of the amendments made by Schedules 2 and 3, and

  • any transitional or saving provision that may be required as a result of the repeal of the 2000 Act.

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