# Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 (repealed) 2018 c. 28 · enacted 1 November 2018 · revised to 8 February 2022 An Act to facilitate the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland by extending the time for making Ministerial appointments following the election of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 2 March 2017; and to make provision about the exercise of governmental functions in, or in relation to, Northern Ireland in the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-executive-formation-and-exercise-of-functions-act-2018-repealed/pdf/ukpga_20180028_en.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-executive-formation-and-exercise-of-functions-act-2018-repealed/pdf/ukpgaen_20180028_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Executive formation ## 1 Extension of period for Executive formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Limited power to further extend period for Executive formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Exercise of departmental functions during period for Executive formation ## 3 Exercise of departmental functions during period for Executive formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Equal rights for people of Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Exercise of appointment functions during period while no Executive ## 5 NI Ministerial appointment functions: specified offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Minister of the Crown appointment functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Joint UK appointment functions etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Interpretation of sections 5 to 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## General ## 9 Extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/28 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-executive-formation-and-exercise-of-functions-act-2018-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.