s 1 The Schedule inserted after Schedule 4 to the 1998 Act is as follows— SCHEDULE 4A Department with policing and justice functions
(1) This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation to a Northern Ireland department— (a) the functions of which consist wholly or mainly of devolved policing and justice functions; and (b) in relation to which an Act of the Assembly provides, by virtue of section 21A(3), for it to be in the charge of a Northern Ireland Minister (the “relevant Minister”) appointed by virtue of a nomination— (i) made by the First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly; and (ii) approved by a resolution of the Assembly passed with the support of a majority of the members voting on the motion for the resolution, a majority of the designated Nationalists voting and a majority of the designated Unionists voting. (2) In this paragraph “ devolved policing and justice function ” has the same meaning as in section 21A (see subsection (8) of that section).