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Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

2016 nia 5 · Enacted 29 February 2016 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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An Act to rename the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, the Department of Finance and Personnel, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, the Department for Regional Development and the Department for Social Development; to dissolve the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, the Department of the Environment and the Department for Employment and Learning; and for connected purposes.

[29th February 2016]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

Contents

  1. 1The Northern Ireland departments
  2. 2Consequential repeals
  3. 3Short title and commencement
  4. Schedule 1: THE NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENTS
  5. Paragraph
  6. Schedule 2REPEALS

1The Northern Ireland departmentsI1

(1)

The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister is renamed the Executive Office.

(2)

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

(3)

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment is renamed the Department for the Economy.

(4)

The Department of Finance and Personnel is renamed the Department of Finance.

(5)

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety is renamed the Department of Health.

(6)

The Department for Regional Development is renamed the Department for Infrastructure.

(7)

The Department for Social Development is renamed the Department for Communities.

(8)

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure is dissolved.

(9)

The Department of the Environment is dissolved.

(10)

The Department for Employment and Learning is dissolved.

(11)

Accordingly, as from the coming into operation of this section, there shall be the departments set out in Schedule 1.

(12)

The provisions of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 apply in relation to the departments set out in Schedule 1.

2Consequential repealsI1

The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 2 are repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.

3Short title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

(2)

Sections 1 and 2 and Schedules 1 and 2 come into operation on such day or days as the First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly, may by order appoint.

I1

  • The Executive Office

  • The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

  • The Department for Communities

  • The Department for the Economy

  • The Department of Education

  • The Department of Finance

  • The Department of Health

  • The Department for Infrastructure

  • The Department of Justice

Schedule 2REPEALSI1

Short TitleExtent of Repeal
The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (NI 1)

In Article 3—

  1. (a)

    in paragraph (1), sub-paragraphs (b) and (c);

  2. (b)

    paragraphs (8) and (9).

Schedule 1.
The Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 15)The whole Act.
The Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3)In section 1, subsection (3).