[16A Appointment of First Minister, deputy First Minister and Northern Ireland Ministers following Assembly election]

Part III Executive Authorities

Authorities

[16A  Appointment of First Minister, deputy First Minister and Northern Ireland Ministers following Assembly election]

[(1)     This section applies where an Assembly is elected under section 31 or 32.

(2)     . . .

(3)     [Before the end of the period for filling Ministerial offices—]

(a)     the offices of First Minister and deputy First Minister shall be filled by applying subsections (4) to (7); and

(b)     the Ministerial offices to be held by Northern Ireland Ministers shall be filled by applying section 18(2) to (6).

[[(3A)     In this section “the period for filling Ministerial offices” means the period beginning with 13 May 2022 and ending with 18 January 2024.]

(3B)     An

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