British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) 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.”.