{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-4A/paragraph-3C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-4A/paragraph-3C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/4A/paragraph/3C",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3C",
  "heading": "Section 18 not to apply to relevant Minister",
  "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 3D shall apply instead.\n(2) But the reference to Ministerial offices in subsection (5) of that section (in the definition of M) shall be taken to include the relevant Ministerial office.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4A Pt. 1A inserted (12.3.2009) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1, 5, Sch. 1 para. 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4A para. 3C renumbered as Sch. 4A para. 3C(1) (27.9.2014) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), ss. 8(3)(a), 28(7); S.I. 2014/2613, art. 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 4A para. 3C(2) inserted (27.9.2014) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), ss. 8(3)(b), 28(7); S.I. 2014/2613, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/4A/paragraph/3C",
    "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."
}