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Number 16 of 1999


BRITISH-IRISH AGREEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

“the Principal Act”.

2.

Amendment of Principal Act.

3.

Short title, collective citation and commencement.

SCHEDULE

Texts Of The Letters Exchanged By The Government Of Ireland And The Government Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland Constituting The Supplementary Agreement

Act Referred to

British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999

1999, No. 1

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Number 16 of 1999


BRITISH-IRISH AGREEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999


AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND CONSTITUTED BY AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS DATED THE 18th DAY OF JUNE, 1999, AND THE 18th DAY OF JUNE, 1999, AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE, TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTATION BODIES DONE AT DUBLIN ON THE 8th DAY OF MARCH, 1999, AND TO AMEND THE BRITISH-IRISH AGREEMENT ACT, 1999. [25th June, 1999]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

“the Principal Act”.

1. —In this Act “the Principal Act” means the British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999.

Amendment of Principal Act.

2. — The Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion in section 2(1) of the following definition:

“‘the supplementary Agreement’ means the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland constituted by the exchange of letters dated the 18th day of June, 1999, and the 18th day of June, 1999, the texts of which are set out in the Schedule to the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act, 1999.”,

and

(b) the substitution of the following section for section 23:

“23.—(1) Subject to subsection (4), the functions of the Body shall, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Agreement, be those specified in Part 4 of Annex 1 to the Agreement.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), the arrangements specified in Parts 4 and 7 of Annex 2 to the Agreement shall, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Agreement, apply to the Body.

(3) Paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the Agreement shall apply to the Body.

(4) Part 4 of each of the Annexes referred to in this section shall be construed in accordance with the supplementary Agreement.”.

Short title, collective citation and commencement.

3. — (1) This Act may be cited as the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act, 1999.

(2) The Principal Act and this Act may be cited as the British-Irish Agreement Acts, 1999.

(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may by order appoint.