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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-6B/paragraph-11",
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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/6B/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Initiating the procedure to prevent the application of a replacement EU act",
  "text": "(1) The process under this Part of this Schedule for members of the Assembly to seek to prevent a replacement EU act from applying under the Framework is initiated if the Presiding Officer is provided with a written notification which gives detailed reasons for seeking to prevent the application of that EU act with reference to the requirements in paragraph 1(c) of the Article 13(3a) declaration.\n(2) A notification made under sub-paragraph (1) must be agreed to by no fewer than 30 members of the Assembly and these must include—\n(a) one member who belongs to a political party and one member who belongs to a different political party,\n(b) one member who belongs to a political party and one member who does not belong to a political party and did not belong to a political party when returned as a member of the Assembly, or\n(c) two members who do not belong to a political party and did not belong to a political party when returned as members of the Assembly,\nbut must not include the Presiding Officer or a deputy Presiding Officer.\n(3) A notification under this paragraph must be provided to the Presiding Officer no later than ten working days before the end of the scrutiny period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6B inserted (2.2.2024) by The Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/118), reg. 1(2), Sch."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/6B/paragraph/11",
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  "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."
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