Section 86B Provision for entrenching enactmentsF1

(1)

Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision amending section 7 so as to provide for—

(a)

enactments to become entrenched; or

(b)

enactments that are entrenched by virtue of an Order under paragraph (a) to cease to be entrenched.

(2)

For the purposes of this section an enactment is entrenched if section 7 prevents it from being modified by an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation made, confirmed or approved by a Minister or Northern Ireland department.

(3)

No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty to make an Order under this section unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 86B inserted (11.3.2009) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 20, 31; S.I. 2009/448, art. 2