# Northern Ireland Constitution (Amendment) Act 1973 (repealed 2.12.1999)

1973 c. 69 · enacted 19 December 1973 · revised to 2 December 1999

An Act to provide that the number of persons who may hold appointments under section 8 of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 shall be increased to fifteen of whom not more than eleven may be members of the Northern Ireland Executive appointed in accordance with this Act.

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## Introductory text



## 1 

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) In section 7(3) of that Act (which provides for such of Her Majesty’s powers relating to transferred matters as She may delegate to the Secretary of State to be exercised through members of the Northern Ireland Executive and the Northern Ireland Executive and the Northern Ireland departments) for the words “members of the Northern Ireland Executive established by this Act” there shall be substituted the words “persons appointed under section 8 below”; and in section 7(4) of that Act (which requires a member of the Executive who is head of a Northern Ireland department to carry out the consultations there mentioned in connection with the affairs of his department) for the words from “A member” to “head” there shall be substituted the words “The head”.

## 2 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland Constitution (Amendment) Act 1973.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/69 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-constitution-amendment-act-1973-repealed-2121999
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