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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-st-andrews-agreement-act-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/53",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-st-andrews-agreement-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After paragraph 1 insert—\n“Modification of section 16A\n1A Section 16A(3) shall have effect as if, for paragraph (b) (and the word “and” before it) there were substituted—\n“(aa) once those offices have been filled, the relevant Ministerial office (within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 4A) shall be filled by applying paragraph 3(3) to (6) of that Schedule; and\n(b) once that office has been filled, the other Ministerial offices to be held by Northern Ireland Ministers shall be filled by applying section 18(2) to (6).””",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/53/schedule/5/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:12.155621+00:00"
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  "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."
}