
1 
This Order may be cited as the Departments (1999 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.
2 
The provisions of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (except for Article 8 and the repeal of section 4 of the Ministries Act (Northern Ireland) 1944) shall come into operation on 1st December 1999.
Peter Mandelson
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Dated this 30th day of November 1999