Section 5 - The Executive Committee and the Ministerial Code

Section 5(1) inserts section 20(4) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 5(2) inserts section 28A of that Act.

Section 6 - Power to refer Ministerial decision to Executive Committee

This section inserts section 28B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 7 - Pledge of office

This section amends Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 8 - First Minister, deputy First Minister and Northern Ireland Ministers

This section substitutes sections 16A to 16C, for section 16, of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 9 - Department with policing and justice functions: nomination etc of Ministers

This section provides that Schedule 6 has effect.

Section 10 - Statutory committee for Office of First Minister and deputy First Minister

This section amends section 29 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 11 - Committee to review functioning of Assembly and Executive Committee

Section 11(1) inserts sections 29A and 29B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 12 - North-South Ministerial Council and British-Irish Council

This section substitutes new sections 52A to 52C for the existing section 52 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 13 - Community designation

This section inserts section 4(5A) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 14 - Power of Executive Committee to call for witnesses and documents

This section inserts section 28C of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 15 - Strategies relating to Irish language and Ulster Scots language etc

This section inserts section 28D of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 16 - Strategy relating to poverty, social exclusion etc

This section inserts section 28E of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 17 - Vacancy in the Assembly

This section inserts paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Section 19 - Minor and consequential amendments

This section provides that Schedule 7 has effect.

Section 20 - District policing partnerships

This section provides that Schedules 8 and 9 have effect.

This section is prospectively repealed by Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Section 21 - Amendment of Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 etc

Section 21(1) substitutes articles 1(6)(a) and (b) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11).

Section 21(2) amends article 16(5) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/866 (N.I. 5)).

Section 22 - Repeal of the 2006 Act

This section repeals the Northern Ireland Act 2006.

Section 27 - Commencement

Section 27(6) is prospectively repealed by Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Orders made under this section

• The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (Commencement No.1) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/92 (C.4)) was made under section 27(3)(a).
• The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (Commencement No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2491 (C.94)) was made under section 27(3)(b).
• The power under section 27(6) was exercised by article 3 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (Commencement No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/371 (C.26))