Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

I referred to this point in my remarks. Subsection (4)(b) concerns the date on which the Bill will, in effect, become redundant. It states that the day fixed under paragraph (a) shall be the earliest practicable day after the termination of the Agreement in accordance with its terms on the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Let us consider the scenario I mentioned. If we have Assembly elections on 1 May and the Assembly reconvenes a short time afterwards but does not elect a new Executive, is it the case that the Bill automatically falls, even though there is not an Executive to appoint a North-South Ministerial Council?