4 Transferred, excepted and reserved matters
Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c 47) | Legislation

4  Transferred, excepted and reserved matters

(1)     In this Act—

“excepted matter” means any matter falling within a description specified in Schedule 2;

“reserved matter” means any matter falling within a description specified in Schedule 3;

“transferred matter” means any matter which is not an excepted or reserved matter.

(2)     If at any time after the appointed day it appears to the Secretary of State—

(a)     that any reserved matter should become a transferred matter; or

(b)     that any transferred matter should become a reserved matter,

he may, subject to [subsections (2A)] [to (3D)], lay before Parliament the draft of an Order in Council amending Schedule 3 so that the matter ceases to be or, as the case may be, becomes a reserved matter with effect from such date as may be specified in the Order.

[(2A)     The Secretary of State shall not lay before Parliament under subsection (2) the draft of an Order amending Schedule 3 so that a [policing and justice matter] ceases to be a reserved matter unless—

(a)     a motion for a resolution praying that the matter should cease to

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