The Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2023

Made: at 9.22 a.m. on 2nd October 2023

Laid before Parliament: at 2.45 p.m. on 2nd October 2023

Coming into force: 3rd October 2023

The Secretary of State considers it to be expedient for these Regulations to be made more quickly than a draft being laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament would allow.

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2023.

• (2) They come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

• (3) They extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Addition of specified offices

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• (1) The table in section 6(2) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022[^f00002] (NI ministerial appointment functions) is amended as follows.

• (2) Before the entry for member of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, insert the following entry—

• (3) After the entry for member or chair of the Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland, insert the following entries—

• (4) After the entry for member, chair or deputy chair of the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland, insert the following entry—

• (5) After the entry for trustee or chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland, insert the following entry—

• (6) After the entry for member or chair of the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority, insert the following entry—

• (7) After the entry for member, chair or deputy chair of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, insert the following entries—

• (8) After the entry for the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland, insert the following entry—

Signed

Steve Baker — Minister of State — Northern Ireland Office — At 9.22 a.m. on 2nd October 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 6 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 provides for appointment functions of Northern Ireland Ministers, in respect of a list of specified offices, to be exercised by a Minister of the Crown during the current period in which there is no Executive in Northern Ireland. Section 6 also permits further offices to be added to the list of specified offices by regulations.

These Regulations specify further offices for the purposes of section 6. The effect of this is that the relevant Minister of the Crown may exercise the appointment functions of a Northern Ireland Minister in relation to those offices.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2022 c. 48.

[^f00002]: 2022 c. 48. Section 6(2) was amended by S.I. 2023/776 which added further offices to the list of specified offices.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9) established the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland which was renamed the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland by Article 3(1) of S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18).

[^f00004]: S.I. 2010/976 amended section 35(1), (2), (3)(a), (3)(b), (4) and (8)(a) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) substituting the words “Minister of Justice” for “Secretary of State”. “Senior officer” is defined in section 77 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.