Commentary on provisions of the Act Section 3: Exception to assembly power to call for witnesses and documents
This section disapplies the Assembly’s power in s.44 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 to require a person to provide evidence in respect of Ministers of the Crown or those in Crown employment (which includes Northern Ireland civil servants) in connection with the exercise of certain functions conferred under this Act. Specifically, the exercise of functions in connection with the giving of a direction to a Northern Ireland department to provide advice or information or launch a consultation; or the exercise of a function in accordance with any such direction.