The Stormont Estate (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2006/612 |
| Year | 2006 |
2006 No. 612 (N.I. 5 )
NORTHERN IRELAND
The Stormont Estate (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
8thMarch 2006
ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER
1. Title, commencement and interpretation
2. Power to dispose of designated lands in Stormont Estate
3. Effect of disposal under Article 2 on regulation, etc. of Stormont Estate
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of March 2006
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order in Council has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.-
(1) This Order may be cited as the Stormont Estate (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.
(2) This Order comes into operation on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(4) In this Order-
"the 1933 Act" means the Stormont Regulation and Government Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1933 (c. 6);
"the Department" means the Department of Finance and Personnel;
"the scheduled land" means the hereditaments described in the Schedule to the 1933 Act;
"the Stormont Estate" has the same meaning as in the 1933 Act.
Power to dispose of designated lands in Stormont Estate
2.-
(1) The Department may dispose of all or any part of the designated land.
(2) Paragraph (1) has effect notwithstanding-
(a) section 5(7)(a) of the 1933 Act;(b) anything in any deed or other instrument relating to the scheduled land.(3) The "designated land" means such land as is-
(a) comprised in the scheduled land; and(b) designated for the purposes of this Order by an order made by the Department.(4) The designated land must not include-
(a) Parliament Buildings;(b) Stormont Castle; or(c) Stormont House.(5) An order under paragraph (3)(b) may designate land by reference to a map which is not contained in the order but is published in such manner as the Department thinks appropriate for bringing it to the attention of interested persons.
(6) No order may be made under paragraph (3)(b) after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the date on which the first such order is made.
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