{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/13",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Reduction in size of Assembly to be reserved matter",
  "text": "(1) The Northern Ireland Act 1998 is amended as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 3 (reserved matters), after paragraph 7 insert—\n“\n7A The alteration of the number of members of the Assembly returned for each constituency.\nThis paragraph does not include—\n(a) the alteration of that number to a number lower than five or higher than six, or\n(b) the provision of different numbers for different constituencies.”\n(3) After section 7 insert—\n“Cross-community support required for Bill altering size of Assembly\n7A (1) The Assembly shall not pass a relevant Bill without cross-community support.\n(2) In this section—\n“pass”, in relation to a Bill, means pass at the stage in the Assembly's proceedings at which the Bill falls finally to be passed or rejected;\n“relevant Bill” means a Bill containing a provision which deals with a matter falling within a description specified in paragraph 7A of Schedule 3 (size of Assembly).”\n(4) In section 14 (submission by Secretary of State), after subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) The Secretary of State shall not submit a Bill for Royal Assent if the Assembly has passed the Bill in contravention of section 7A (cross-community support required for Bill altering size of Assembly).”\n(5) In section 53(3)(b) (agreements etc by person participating in Councils), after “section” insert “ 7A, ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/13/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:42.519084+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."
}