30 Exclusion of Ministers from office
Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c 47) | Legislation

30  Exclusion of Ministers from office

(1)     If the Assembly resolves that a Minister or junior Minister no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly—

(a)     because he is not committed to non-violence and exclusively peaceful and democratic means; or

(b)     because of any failure of his to observe any other terms of the pledge of office,

he shall be excluded from holding office as a Minister or junior Minister for [such period of not less than three months, and not more than twelve months, beginning with the date of the resolution as the resolution may provide].

[(1A)     The Assembly may, before a period of exclusion under subsection (1) [. . .] comes to an end, by resolution extend it until the end of such period of not less than three months, and not more than twelve months, beginning with the date

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