Section 10 Statutory committee for Office of First Minister and deputy First MinisterI1

Section 29 of the 1998 Act (statutory committees) is amended as follows.

In subsection (1)(a), after “committees”)” insert—

“(i)

to advise and assist the First Minister and the deputy First Minister in the formulation of policy with respect to matters within their responsibilities as Ministers jointly in charge of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, and”.

(ii)

In subsection (6), for the words from “it is established” to the end of the subsection substitute—

“(a)

it is established to advise and assist the First Minister and the deputy First Minister and either of those Ministers is a member of his party; or

(b)

it is established to advise and assist a Northern Ireland Minister and that Minister is a member of his party.”