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Northern Ireland Assembly (Dissolution) Order 1986

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1986/1036
Year1986

1986 No. 1036

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Northern Ireland Assembly (Dissolution) Order 1986

23rdJune 1986

23rdJune 1986

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of June 1986

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

And whereas it appears to Her Majesty that the conditions set out in section 5(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1982(a) are satisfied:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 5(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1982, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Assembly (Dissolution) Order 1986 and shall come into operation forthwith.

2. The date of dissolution for the Northern Ireland Assembly, instead of being determined in accordance with section 27 of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973(b), shall be the date of the coming into operation of this Order.

G. I. de Deney, Clerk of the Privy Council.

(a) 1982 c.38.

(b) 1973 c.36; subsections (2) to (4) and (6) of section 27 were substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland Act 1982 and subsection (1) and part of subsection (7) were repealed by Schedule 3 to that Act.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Order.)

Under section 27(2) of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 the current Northern Ireland Assembly would be dissolved on 20th October 1986, being the fourth anniversary of the day appointed for the election of its members. By virtue of this Order that...

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