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Northern
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Explanatory notes to the Bill,
prepared by the Northern Ireland Office, are published |
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separately as Bill 84—EN. |
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EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN
RIGHTS |
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Mr Secretary Hain has made the
following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the |
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In my view the provisions of
the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) (No.2) |
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Bill are compatible with the
Convention rights. |
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Modify
the effect of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act
2006. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Modification
of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 |
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(1) |
The Northern
Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53)
shall have |
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effect, and shall be deemed
always to have had effect, as if— |
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(a) |
each reference in the Act
to 25 March 2007 were a reference to 7 May |
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(b) |
each reference in the Act
to 26 March 2007 were a reference to 8 May |
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(c) |
the reference in the Act
to 27 March 2007 were a reference to 9 May |
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(d) |
each reference in the Act
to 28 March 2007 were a reference to 10 May |
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(2) |
Accordingly, in particular,— |
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(a) |
the order made by the Secretary
of State on 25 March 2007 by virtue of |
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section 2(2) of the Act
shall be deemed not to have been made (and the |
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Northern Ireland Act 2000
(Suspension of Devolved Government) |
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Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2574)
shall be deemed not to have been revoked), |
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(b) |
Part 2 (including Schedules
5 to 7) of the Act and Schedule 2 to the Act |
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(and the amendments and
repeals made by those provisions) shall be |
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deemed not to have come
into force on 26 March 2007, |
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(c) |
section 1(1)(b) of the
Act (purpose of the Transitional Assembly) shall |
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have effect subject to the
modifications in subsection (1) above, |
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(d) |
any order made by the Secretary
of State on 27 March 2007 by virtue of |
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section 2(3) of the Act
shall be deemed not to have been made, and |
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(e) |
Schedule 3 to the Act (and
the amendments and repeals made by it) |
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shall be deemed not to come
into force (or not to have come into force) |
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on 28 March 2007 (and
section 21 of the Act, and the amendments made |
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by it, shall have effect
accordingly). |
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