Section 2 Minister in charge of Department of Justice
(1)
The Department of Justice is to be in the charge of a Northern Ireland Minister appointed by virtue of a nomination—
(a)
made by one or more members of the Assembly; and
(b)
approved by a resolution of the Assembly passed with the support of—
(i)
a majority of the members voting on the motion for the resolution,
(ii)
a majority of the designated Nationalists voting, and
(iii)
a majority of the designated Unionists voting.
(2)
Expressions used in subsection (1) and in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 have the same meanings in that subsection as in that Act.