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1 1999

BRITISH-IRISH AGREEMENT ACT, 1999

PART V

The Special EU Programmes Body

“the Body”.

21. —In this Part “the Body” shall be construed in accordance with section 22 .

Status of Body.

22. —(1) The implementation body for special European Union programmes and known as The Special EU Programmes Body is referred to in this Part, as “the Body”.

(2) The Body shall be recognised as, and as having all the attributes of, a body corporate, including perpetual succession, the power to acquire, hold and dispose of land or other property and the power to sue.

(3) The Body may be sued in its corporate name.

Functions of Body.

23. —(1) The functions of the Body shall, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Agreement, be those specified in Part 4 of Annex 1 to the Agreement.

(2) The arrangements specified in Parts 4 and 7 of Annex 2 to the Agreement shall, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Agreement, apply to the Body.

(3) Paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the Agreement shall apply to the Body.