{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/3",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-2009",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to section 86 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "text": "(1) Section 86 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsections (2)(a) and (3)(a) for “(whether by virtue of an Order under section 4 or otherwise)” substitute “ other than by virtue of an Order under section 4 ”.\n(3) After subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) An Order under subsection (1) in relation to an Order under section 4 may make provision doing any of the following—\n(a) transferring to a United Kingdom authority, with effect from any date specified in the Order under subsection (1), any function which immediately before that date is exercisable by a Northern Ireland authority;\n(b) transferring to a Northern Ireland authority, with effect from any date specified in the Order under subsection (1), any function which immediately before that date is exercisable by a United Kingdom authority;\n(c) conferring a function on a United Kingdom authority or a Northern Ireland authority;\n(d) removing a function from a United Kingdom authority or a Northern Ireland authority.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/3/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:25.040807+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."
}