s 9 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 11 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. (3) And the junior Ministerial office held by the relevant junior Minister (the “relevant junior Ministerial office”) shall be taken to be a Ministerial office for the purposes of subsection (5) of that section.