29 Statutory committees
Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c 47) | Legislation

Miscellaneous

29  Statutory committees

(1)     Standing orders shall make provision—

(a)     for establishing committees of members of the Assembly (“statutory committees”)—

[(i)     to advise and assist the First Minister and the deputy First Minister in the formulation of policy with respect to matters within their responsibilities as Ministers jointly in charge of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, and

(ii)]     to advise and assist each Northern Ireland Minister in the formulation of policy with respect to matters within his responsibilities as a Minister;

(b)     for enabling a committee to be so established either in relation to a single Northern Ireland Minister or in relation to more than one; and

(c)     conferring on the committees the powers described in paragraph 9 of Strand One of the Belfast Agreement.

(2)     Standing orders shall provide that—

(a)     the nominating officer of the political party for which the formula in subsection (3) gives the highest figure may select a statutory committee and nominate as its chairman or deputy chairman a person who

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