What these notes do
These Explanatory Notes relate to the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016 (c. 13) which received Royal Assent on 4 May 2016.
	These Explanatory Notes have been produced by the Northern Ireland Office in order to assist the reader of the Act. They do not form part of the Act and have not been endorsed by Parliament.
	They seek to explain what each part of the Act will mean in practice; provide background information on the development of policy; and set out information on how the Act will affect existing legislation in this area.
	These notes are best read alongside the Act. They are not, and are not intended to be, a comprehensive description of the Act. So where a provision of the Act does not seem to require any explanation or comment, the notes simply say in relation to it that the provision is self-explanatory.