# Northern Ireland Act 1998, Paragraph 11F: Eligibility to become relevant Minister or deputy Minister

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The holding of office as First Minister or deputy First Minister shall not prevent a person being elected to hold—
(a) the relevant Ministerial office; or
(b) the deputy Ministerial office.
(2) Where—
(a) the Assembly has resolved under section 30(2) that a political party does not enjoy its confidence; and
(b) the party's period of exclusion under that provision has not come to an end,
no member of that party may be nominated under paragraph 11E(4)(b).
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) In this paragraph, a reference to a period of exclusion ... is, in the case of a period of exclusion ... which has been extended, a reference to that period as extended.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/4A/paragraph/11F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-4A/paragraph-11F
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