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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-4A/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/4A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 18 (Northern Ireland Ministers) shall not apply in relation to—\n(a) the relevant Minister; or\n(b) the Ministerial office held by the relevant Minister (the “relevant Ministerial office”),\nand paragraph 3 shall apply instead.\n(2) But the references to Ministerial offices in—\n(a) subsection (1)(c) and (d) of section 18; and\n(b) subsection (5) of that section (in the definition of M),\nshall be taken to include the relevant Ministerial office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4A inserted (11.3.2009) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 17, 31, Sch. 2 (as amended (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 8, 9, 27, Sch. 5 paras. 8-14, Sch. 6 (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2 (which amending Act was itself amended (27.3.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)) and as amended (11.3.2009) by Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6), ss. 44, 53, Sch. 5 paras. 2, 3; S.I. 2009/446, art. 3); S.I. 2009/448, art. 2"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/4A/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+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."
}