This bill extends the deadline for forming a Northern Ireland Executive from January 2023 to January 2024, and allows organ donation regulations to be made without a functioning Assembly.
A Bill to make provision to extend the period following the Northern Ireland Assembly election of 5 May 2022 during which Ministers may be appointed and after which the Secretary of State must propose a date for another election; to allow the Secretary of State to propose a date for another election before Ministers have been appointed; and to amend the procedure for making regulations defining permitted material for transplantation in Northern Ireland under section 3 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 in the period until the Presiding Officer and deputies of the Assembly are elected.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Chris Heaton-Harris, Lord Caine
Introduced: 2023-02-09
Royal Assent: 2023-02-28