[21C Section 21A(5A) and (7C): power of Assembly to secure retention or abolition of deputy Ministerial office]

[21C  Section 21A(5A) and (7C): power of Assembly to secure retention or abolition of deputy Ministerial office]

[(1)     This section applies if [the first Northern Ireland department the purpose of which is to exercise functions consisting wholly or mainly of devolved policing and justice functions (as defined in section 21A(8))] is established—

(a)     by an Act of the Assembly which 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)     by an Order in Council under section 21A(7C).

(2)     Standing orders shall require the committee established by virtue of section 29A to consider the operation of the Ministerial arrangements provided for by Part 3A of Schedule 4A.

(3)     The committee shall, by no later than two years and ten months

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