Article 2

The Northern Ireland Act 2000 shall be amended as follows—

In section 3, after subsection (7) insert—

“(8)

The Assembly may not make a determination under section 47 of the 1998 Act in respect of any period when section 1 was in force.

(9)

No instrument made during any period when section 1 was in force shall be liable to annulment or capable of being revoked in pursuance of a resolution, motion or address of the Assembly.

(10)

A restoration order shall not affect the operation of any Order in Council made under paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule during any period when section 1 was in force.”.

In paragraph 9 of the Schedule, omit sub-paragraph (3).