{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-st-andrews-agreement-act-2006/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
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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/6/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 3 (provisions relating to relevant Minister) is amended as follows.\n(2) After sub-paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) But a member of the Assembly who is a member of a political party may not be nominated unless the nominating officer of the party consents to his nomination within a period specified in standing orders.”\n(3) In sub-paragraph (9), at the end insert\n“; or\n(d) where consent to his nomination was required under sub-paragraph (3A), he is dismissed by the nominating officer who consented (or that officer's successor) and the Presiding Officer is notified of his dismissal.”\n(4) After sub-paragraph (10) insert—\n“(10A) If, as a result of the relevant Minister (“the former Minister”) ceasing to hold office and the relevant Ministerial office being filled by virtue of sub-paragraph (10),—\n(a) the total number of Ministerial offices held by members of a political party increases; or\n(b) the total number of Ministerial offices held by members of a political party decreases,\nall other Northern Ireland Ministers shall cease to hold office and those Ministerial offices shall be filled by applying section 18(2) to (6) within a period specified in standing orders.\n(10B) But sub-paragraph (10A) shall not apply if—\n(a) the former Minister ceased to hold office by virtue of being dismissed by a nominating officer under sub-paragraph (9)(d); and\n(b) before the relevant Ministerial office was filled, either of the conditions in sub-paragraph (10C) was satisfied in relation to each member of the Assembly who was a member of the political party of the nominating officer.\n(10C) The conditions are that—\n(a) the First Minister and the deputy First Minister sought to nominate the member under sub-paragraph (3) for the relevant Ministerial office but consent to his nomination was not given in accordance with sub-paragraph (3A); or\n(b) the member was nominated under sub-paragraph (3) for the relevant Ministerial office and the nomination took effect within the period specified in standing orders by virtue of sub-paragraph (5)(a), but the member did not take up the office within that period.”\n(5) After sub-paragraph (13) insert—\n“(14) In this paragraph “nominating officer” has the same meaning as in section 18.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/53/schedule/6/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:12.155621+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."
}