Introduction
1.These Explanatory Notes relate to the Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, which received Royal Assent on 22 July 2016. They have been prepared by the Executive Office in order to assist the reader in understanding the Act and have not been endorsed by the Assembly.
2.The notes need to be read in conjunction with the Act. They are not, and are not meant to be, a comprehensive description of the Act. So where a section or part of a section does not seem to require an explanation or comment, none is given.