{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-agreement-act-2020/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-agreement-act-2020/section-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/1",
  "legislation_title": "European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-withdrawal-agreement-act-2020",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "No alteration of North-South co-operation",
  "text": "In section 10 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (continuation of North-South co-operation and the prevention of new border arrangements), after subsection (2), insert—\n“(3) A Minister of the Crown may not agree to the making of a recommendation by the Joint Committee under Article 11(2) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the withdrawal agreement (recommendations as to North-South cooperation) to—\n(a) alter the arrangements for North-South co-operation as provided for by the Belfast Agreement,\n(b) establish a new implementation body, or\n(c) alter the functions of an existing implementation body.\n(4) In this section—\n“the Belfast Agreement” has the meaning given by section 98 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;\n“implementation body” has the meaning given by section 55(3) of that Act.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 24 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 5(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/1/section/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:02:23.096559+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}