Regulation 10 Amendment to Schedule 5 to the Energy Prices Act 2022

In paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 5 to the Energy Prices Act 2022, for the words from “the first” to the end substitute—

“—

(a)

for the purposes of paragraph 5, the first period of 26 months to end after this Act is passed during the whole of which both the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland have held office, and

(b)

for the purposes of paragraph 6, the first period of 6 months to end after this Act is passed during the whole of which both of those Ministers have held office.”.