This Order may be cited as the North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.

This Order shall come into force on the appointed day2.

This Order does not extend to England and Wales or Scotland.

In this Order “NSMC” means the North/South Ministerial Council.

References in this Order to things done by NSMC are references to things done in pursuance of an agreement or arrangement entered into in NSMC in accordance with Part V of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and the Belfast Agreement3.

In this Order “the Comptroller and Auditor General” means the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.

In this Order “the Agreement” means the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland establishing implementation bodies done at Dublin on the 8th day of March 1999.

The text of the Agreement is set out in Schedule 1.

In this Order any reference to a provision of the Agreement is a reference to that provision as set out in Schedule 1; and in any such provision references to things done by NSMC shall be construed in accordance with Article 2(2).

In this Order “the supplementary Agreement” means the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland constituted by the exchange of letters dated 18 June 1999, the texts of which are set out in Schedule 1A.

In this Order “the further supplementary Agreement” means the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland constituted by the exchange of letters dated 25th July 2006, the texts of which are set out in Schedule 1B