Paragraph 2

United Kingdom

(1)

For the purpose of paragraph 1(a) to (c) and paragraph 3—

(a)

“Northern Ireland government function” means—

(i)

any function exercisable by a Northern Ireland Minister or a Northern Ireland department, other than any joint function or concurrent function;

(ii)

any concurrent function, so far as exercised by a Northern Ireland Minister or a Northern Ireland department;

(iii)

the function exercised by a Northern Ireland Minister or a Northern Ireland department when exercising a joint function;

(b)

“Scottish Ministerial function” means—

(i)

any function exercisable by the Scottish Ministers, other than any joint function or concurrent function;

(ii)

any concurrent function, so far as exercised by the Scottish Ministers;

(iii)

the function exercised by the Scottish Ministers when exercising a joint function;

(c)

“Welsh Ministerial function” means—

(i)

any function exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General, other than any joint function or concurrent function;

(ii)

any concurrent function, so far as exercised by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General;

(iii)

the function exercised by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General when exercising a joint function;

(d)

“concurrent function” means a function exercisable concurrently with a Minister of the Crown or government department;

(e)

“joint function” means a function exercisable jointly with a Minister of the Crown or government department.