Requirements relating to the applicability motion

1 No applicability motion may be tabled in relation to a new EU act until a notification has been made under sub-paragraph (2) in relation to the same new EU act. 2 A notification under this paragraph may be made if a new EU act is being considered by the Joint Committee under Article 13(4) of the Framework. 3 A notification is made under sub-paragraph (2) if His Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom provides the notification to— a the chair of the Committee, b the clerk of the Committee, c the clerk to the Assembly, or d the Presiding Officer. 4 The First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly may table an applicability motion within a period of two weeks beginning with the day on which a notification is made in accordance with sub-paragraph (2). 5 No other member of the Assembly may table an applicability motion unless the two-week period expires with no such motion having been tabled. 6 A vote on an applicability motion must be passed with cross-community support and must be passed within a period of five weeks beginning with the day on which the notification referred to in sub-paragraph (2) is made. 7 If an applicability motion has been tabled, the Presiding Officer must select that motion for debate and a vote in the Assembly no later than the final sitting day of the Assembly before the end of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (6). 8 A Minister of the Crown may extend any of the time periods referred to in this paragraph by providing written notification of such an extension to the Presiding Officer.