s 2 The Schedule inserted after Schedule 4 to the 1998 Act is as follows— SCHEDULE 4A Department with policing and justice functions
(1) Section 18 (Northern Ireland Ministers) shall not apply in relation to— (a) the relevant Minister; or (b) the Ministerial office held by the relevant Minister (the “relevant Ministerial office”), and paragraph 3 shall apply instead. (2) But the references to Ministerial offices in— (a) subsection (1)(c) and (d) of section 18; and (b) subsection (5) of that section (in the definition of M), shall be taken to include the relevant Ministerial office.