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| | | (b) | the nominated person does not take up the office for which he has been |
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| | | nominated within that period, |
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| | | | a further nomination of a member of the Assembly shall be made under sub- |
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| | | (6) | Sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) shall be applied as many times as may be necessary |
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| | | to secure that the relevant Ministerial office is filled. |
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| | | (7) | The holding of office as First Minister or deputy First Minister shall not |
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| | | prevent a person being nominated to hold the relevant Ministerial office. |
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| | | (8) | The relevant Minister shall not take up office until he has affirmed the terms |
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| | | (9) | The relevant Minister shall cease to hold office if— |
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| | | (a) | he resigns by notice in writing to the First Minister and the deputy First |
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| | | (b) | he ceases to be a member of the Assembly otherwise than by virtue of |
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| | | (c) | he is dismissed by the First Minister and the deputy First Minister |
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| | | acting jointly and the Presiding Officer is notified of his dismissal. |
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| | | (10) | If the relevant Minister ceases to hold office at any time, otherwise than by |
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| | | virtue of sub-paragraph (1), the relevant Ministerial office shall be filled by |
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| | | applying sub-paragraphs (3) to (6) within a period specified in standing orders. |
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| | | (a) | the Assembly has resolved under section 30(2) that a political party |
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| | | does not enjoy its confidence; and |
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| | | (b) | the party’s period of exclusion under that provision has not come to an |
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| | | | no member of that party may be nominated under sub-paragraph (3). |
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| | | (a) | the Secretary of State has given a direction under section 30A(5) in |
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| | | respect of a political party; and |
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| | | (b) | the party’s period of exclusion under that provision has not come to an |
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| | | | no member of that party may be nominated under sub-paragraph (3). |
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| | | (13) | In this paragraph, a reference to a period of exclusion under any provision is, |
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| | | in the case of a period of exclusion under that provision which has been |
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| | | extended, a reference to that period as extended.’. |
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| | ‘with cross-community support’. |
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| | | ‘(5) | Standing orders may make further provision for the nomination and election |
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| | | referred to in subsections (3) and (4).’. |
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| | | ‘(d) | he is dismissed by the nominating officer whose consent was required |
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| | | for his nomination under subsection (3) (or that officer’s successor) |
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| | | and the Presiding Officer is notified of his dismissal.’. |
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| | | (a) | relevant Ministerial offices have been filled by applying sub-paragraph |
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| | | (b) | a relevant Ministerial office is filled by a member of a different political |
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| | | | all Northern Ireland Ministers shall cease to hold office and their Ministerial |
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| | | offices shall be filled by applying subsections (2) to (6) of section 18 within a |
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| | | period specified by standing orders. |
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| | | (a) | a relevant minister was dismissed by the nominating officer who |
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| | | nominated him (or his successor); and |
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| | | (b) | the nominating officer of that party refuses to consent to the nomination |
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| | | by the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of every member of his |
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| | | party within a period specified in standing orders, |
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| | | | sub-paragraph (10A) shall not apply.’. |
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| | ‘with cross-community support’. |
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| | Page 28, line 9 [Schedule 2], leave out ‘21A(3)’ and insert ‘21A(2A), (3)’. |
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| | ‘“section” insert “4(6),”’. |
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| | | ‘Inquiries Act 2005 (c. 12) |
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| | | 13A | In section 30 (Northern Ireland inquiries), in subsection (6), for “subsection |
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| | | (3), (4) or (5)” substitute “any of subsections (3) to (5)”.’. |
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| | | Bill read the third time, and passed. |
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