{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-6A/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-6A/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/6A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of “consent resolution” and effect if consent resolution rejected",
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule “consent resolution” means a resolution of the Assembly in this form—\nThat Articles 5 to 10 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the EU withdrawal agreement should continue to apply during the new continuation period (within the meaning of Schedule 6A to the Northern Ireland Act 1998).\n(2) This Schedule ceases to apply at the end of a particular current period if—\n(a) by that time, the Assembly has decided the question on a motion for a consent resolution which relates to the new continuation period, but\n(b) the Assembly did not pass the consent resolution.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6A inserted (10.12.2020) by The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (Democratic Consent Process) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1500), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/6A/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."
}