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Amendments made: No. 14, in page 11, line 40, after `power' insert
'of a Minister of the Crown'.
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No. 15, in page 11, line 42, after 'power' insert
'of the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State'.
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No. 16, in page 12, line 1, after 'made' insert
'by the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State'.
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No. 17, in page 12, line 5, at end insert —
'() The power of a Northern Ireland department to make—
- (a)rules under section 2(3)(b) or 7(9)(b); or
- (b)an order under section 7(11);
is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
() Any rules made under section 2(3)(b) or 7(9)(b) shall be subject to negative resolution; and section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (meaning of "subject to negative resolution") shall apply as if the power to make the rules were conferred by an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
() No order may be made by a Northern Ireland department under section 7(11) unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by, the Northern Ireland Assembly.—[Mr. Mike O'Brien.]