UKPGA-2023-4 — Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Organ and Tissue Donation) Act 2023

preamble

Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

s. 1 — Extension of period for making Ministerial appointments

s. 1(1)

The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 is amended as follows.

s. 1(2)

In section 1—

s. 1(2)(a)

in the title, omit “by six weeks”;

s. 1(2)(b)

for “19 January 2023” (as inserted by the Northern Ireland (Extension of Period for Making Ministerial Appointments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1296)) substitute “18 January 2024”.

s. 1(3)

After section 1 insert—

s. 1(4)

Omit section 2.

s. 2 — Organ and tissue donation in Northern Ireland: procedure for regulations defining permitted material

s. 2(1)

Section 52(4B) of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (draft affirmative procedure for regulations defining permitted material for the purposes of deemed consent to transplantation of human tissue in Northern Ireland) does not apply during the relevant period.

s. 2(2)

Regulations made under section 3(9A) of that Act during the relevant period are subject to negative resolution within the meaning given by section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.)).

s. 2(3)

In this section, the “relevant period” means the period—

s. 2(3)(a)

beginning when this Act is passed, and

s. 2(3)(b)

ending with the next day on which the Presiding Officer and deputies are in post having been elected under section 39(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

s. 3 — Extent, commencement and short title

s. 3(1)

Section 1 and this section extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

s. 3(2)

Section 2 extends to Northern Ireland only.

s. 3(3)

This Act comes into force on the day on which it is passed.

s. 3(4)

This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Organ and Tissue Donation) Act 2023.