Section 1 Reduction of number of members returned for each constituency

In section 33(2) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (numbers of members returned for each constituency), for “six” substitute “ five ”.

The amendment made by subsection (1) does not have effect until the first Assembly election after the 2016 election.

In subsection (2)—

• “Assembly election” means an election under section 31 or 32 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (whichever occurs first), and

• “2016 election” means the election held in 2016 in accordance with section 31(1) of that Act.