Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill

The Minister might recall that when we discussed the issue in Committee we were not sure whether a person might be deemed to be an associate of someone who had been a member of a proscribed organisation in the past if one was, for example, First Minister and the other was Deputy First Minister. Would not the amendment definitely have that effect, because ““significant relationship”” could include a significant working relationship? It would extend the scope of the provision in exactly the way that the Minister suggests.