# Northern Ireland Act 1998, Paragraph 1


(1) This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation to a Northern Ireland department—
(a) the functions of which consist wholly or mainly of devolved policing and justice functions; and
(b) in relation to which an Act of the Assembly provides, by virtue of section 21A(3), for it to be in the charge of a Northern Ireland Minister (the “relevant Minister”) appointed by virtue of a nomination—
(i) made by the First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly; and
(ii) approved by a resolution of the Assembly passed with the support of a majority of the members voting on the motion for the resolution, a majority of the designated Nationalists voting and a majority of the designated Unionists voting.
(2) In this paragraph “devolved policing and justice function” has the same meaning as in section 21A (see subsection (8) of that section).

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/4A/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-4A/paragraph-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.