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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-ministerial-appointment-functions-regulations-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111177907",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-ministerial-appointment-functions-regulations-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nUnder section 5 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018, during the current period while there is no Executive in Northern Ireland, appointment functions conferred on Northern Ireland Ministers may be exercised by a Minister of the Crown in respect of the offices specified in that section. Section 5 also permits further entries to be added to the list of specified offices by regulations.\nThese Regulations specify further offices in respect of which appointment functions may be exercised by the Secretary of State.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111177907/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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