Article 2 Date of the next Assembly poll

It is directed that the date of the poll for the election of the next Assembly, instead of being determined in accordance with section 31^f1 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, is to be the date proposed by the Secretary of State under section 32(3) of that Act, namely 2nd March 2017.

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f1: Section 31 was amended by section 1(2)(b) and (c) of the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Act 2003 (c. 3), sections 2(1) and (4) and 3(1) of, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to, the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, and section 7(1) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13).