[21B Section 21A(5A) and (7C): transitional provision]

[21B  Section 21A(5A) and (7C): transitional provision]

[(1)     This section has effect in relation to—

(a)     the first Act of the Assembly to establish a new Northern Ireland department [the purpose of which is to exercise functions consisting wholly or mainly of devolved policing and justice functions but only if the Act makes provision of the kind mentioned in section 21A(5A) (other than by virtue of paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 2009)]; or

(b)     an Order in Council under section 21A(7C) establishing a new Northern Ireland department.

(2)     The Act or the Order may include provision for or in connection with securing that the department is to be treated, for

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