# Northern Ireland Act 1998, Paragraph 11: Initiating the procedure to prevent the application of a replacement EU act


(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.
(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—
(a) one member who belongs to a political party and one member who belongs to a different political party,
(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
(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,
but must not include the Presiding Officer or a deputy Presiding Officer.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/6B/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-6B/paragraph-11
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