{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-for-political-parties-act-northern-ireland-2000/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-for-political-parties-act-northern-ireland-2000/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2000/1",
  "legislation_title": "Financial Assistance for Political Parties Act (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-for-political-parties-act-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The scheme",
  "text": "(1) The Commission shall as soon as practicable after this Act comes into operation prepare and lay before the Assembly a scheme for the making of payments to political parties for the purpose mentioned in section 1.\n(2) A scheme under this section may in particular—\n(a) provide for payments to be of such amounts as are specified in, or determined in accordance with, the scheme;\n(b) provide for payments to be made at such times and on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the scheme;\n(c) determine the circumstances in which a member of the Assembly and a political party are to be regarded as connected for the purposes of section 1 and the scheme.\n(3) The Commission may at any time prepare and lay before the Assembly a revised scheme under this section.\n(4) A scheme under this section (or a revised scheme) shall not come into force unless it is approved by a resolution of the Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2000/1/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:58.635783+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."
}