Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996 (repealed)

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. The elections.

  3. 2. The negotiations.

  4. 3. The forum.

  5. 4. Referendums.

  6. 5.“Nominating representative” of a party.

  7. 6. Allowances and Secretary of State’s expenses.

  8. 7. Duration of sections 3 and 4.

  9. 8. Short title.

  10. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      The Elections

      1. Part I General

        1. Orders

          1. 1.(1) The Secretary of State may by order make provision...

        2. Return of delegates

          1. 2.(1) Five delegates shall be returned for each of the...

        3. Date of poll

          1. 3.The poll in the elections shall be held on a...

        4. Franchise

          1. 4.The persons entitled to vote at the election in a...

        5. Parties and party lists

          1. 5.(1) The elections shall be conducted on the basis of...

          2. 6.(1) The nominating representative of each of those parties may...

        6. Method of election

          1. 7.(1) Each elector shall have one vote, to be cast...

        7. Constituency delegates

          1. 8.(1) For each constituency there shall be calculated—

          2. 9.(1) If the number of votes given for a party...

          3. 10.If the application of paragraph 9 produces fewer than five...

          4. 11.If the application of paragraph 10 produces fewer than five...

          5. 12.The order in which the candidates on a party’s list...

          6. 13.An order under paragraph 1 shall make provision as to...

        8. Regional delegates

          1. 14.(1) For each party having a regional list the aggregate...

          2. 15.The order in which the candidates on a party’s regional...

          3. 16.An order under paragraph 1 shall make provision as to...

        9. Disqualification

          1. 17.A person is disqualified for being on a constituency or...

        10. Amendment of lists, and vacancies

          1. 18.(1) A person’s name shall be treated as removed from...

          2. 19.(1) This paragraph shall apply where a person ceases to...

          3. 20.Where a party ceases to exist, any persons on its...

      2. Part II The Parties

        1. Alliance Party British Ulster Unionist Party Communist Party of Ireland...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      The Forum

      1. Chairman

        1. 1.(1) There shall be a chairman of the forum.

      2. Meetings

        1. 2.(1) The first meeting of the forum shall be at...

      3. Procedure

        1. 3.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the proceedings...

        2. 4.A decision on the election or removal of a chairman...

      4. Privilege

        1. 5.A written or oral statement made by a member of...

      5. Miscellaneous

        1. 6.The Secretary of State shall provide for the forum the...