
1 
This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (Interim Period Extension) Order 1996, and shall come into force forthwith.
2 
The interim period specified by section 1(4) of the Northern Ireland Act 1974 shall continue until 16th July 1997.
P. B. B. Mayhew
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
2nd July 1996