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The Northern Ireland (Extension of Period for Executive Formation) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

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Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 1364

Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland (Extension of Period for Executive Formation) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Made

at 10.00 a.m. on 21st October 2019

Laid before Parliament

at 14.00 p.m. on 21st October 2019

Coming into force

at 11.00 p.m. on 21st October 2019

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(1) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018(1), makes the following Regulations.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Extension of Period for Executive Formation) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 and come into force at 11.00 pm on 21st October 2019.

Amendment of section 1(1) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018

2.  In section 1(1) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 (extension of period for Executive formation)(2), for “21 October 2019” substitute “13 January 2020”.

Julian Smith

Secretary of State

Northern Ireland Office

At 10.00 a.m. on 21st October 2019

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 1 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions Act) 2018 (c. 28) (“the 2018 Act”) extends the period under section 16A of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) for Northern Ireland Ministers to be appointed following the Assembly election on 2nd March 2017 until 21st October 2019. Section 2(1) of the 2018 Act allows the Secretary of State, by regulations, to further extend that period until 13th January 2020.

These Regulations are made in exercise of that power and extend the period for appointing Northern Ireland Ministers until 13th January 2020.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2018 c. 28; section 2 was substituted by section 2 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (c. 22).

(2)

Section 1 was amended by section 1 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019.

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