18Power of Assembly to call for witnesses and documentsU.K.
In section 44 of the 1998 Act (power to call for witnesses and documents), after subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)That power is not exercisable in relation to a person mentioned in subsection (4) in connection with the discharge, during a relevant period, of a function which relates to a matter which is a transferred matter by virtue of an Order under section 4.
For this purpose “relevant period” means a period when the matter was not a transferred matter.
(4B)That power is not exercisable in relation to a person mentioned in subsection (4) in connection with the discharge, during a relevant period, of a statutory function which—
(a)is exercisable by a Minister or a Northern Ireland department; but
(b)was at any time exercisable by a Minister of the Crown.
For this purpose “relevant period” means a period when the statutory function was exercisable by a Minister of the Crown.”