{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-interim-arrangements-act-2023/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-interim-arrangements-act-2023/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/21",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-interim-arrangements-act-2023",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Period during which functions may be exercised in absence of Ministers",
  "text": "In section 3 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 (exercise of departmental functions in absence of ministers)—\n(a) in subsection (1), for “the period mentioned in subsection (2)” substitute “the current period in which there is no Executive”;\n(b) for subsection (2) substitute—\n“(2) In this section “the current period in which there is no Executive” means the period—\n(a) beginning with 6 December 2022 (the day on which this Act was passed), and\n(b) ending when an Executive is next formed.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/21/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:47.536978+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."
}