Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly

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legislative act primary legislation source of law statutory law instrument

Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly are primary legislative instruments passed by Northern Ireland’s devolved legislature, forming a key part of the region’s statutory law.

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Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative act ⓘ primary legislation ⓘ source of law ⓘ statutory law instrument ⓘ
appliesTo	persons and bodies within Northern Ireland ⓘ
basedOn	Westminster-style legislative process ⓘ
canBeChallengedOnGroundsOf	incompatibility with Convention rights ⓘ legislative competence ⓘ
checkedBy	Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland ⓘ surface form: courts of Northern Ireland
coexistsWith	United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ surface form: Acts of the UK Parliament
constitutionalStatus	subject to reserved and excepted matters limits ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
enablingProvision	devolution settlement for Northern Ireland ⓘ
enactedBy	Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
governedBy	Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	binding within Northern Ireland unless repealed or invalidated ⓘ
hasCitationFormat	short title and year ⓘ
hasForm	public general Acts ⓘ
hasLegalEffect	amend existing legislation ⓘ create rights and obligations ⓘ repeal existing legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction	Northern Ireland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalHierarchyLevel	primary legislation ⓘ
legalSystem	law of Northern Ireland ⓘ
legislatureType	devolved legislature ⓘ
mayBeAmendedBy	Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly self-link ⓘ Acts of the UK Parliament ⓘ
mustComplyWith	European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ surface form: European Convention on Human Rights (as incorporated by the Human Rights Act 1998) United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
partOf	statute law of Northern Ireland ⓘ
precededBy	Northern Ireland Parliament ⓘ surface form: Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
publishedIn	Northern Ireland statute law publications ⓘ
recordedIn	official legislative records of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
requires	Royal Assent ⓘ passage by the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
subjectArea	agriculture in Northern Ireland ⓘ devolved matters in Northern Ireland ⓘ education in Northern Ireland ⓘ environment in Northern Ireland ⓘ health in Northern Ireland ⓘ justice in Northern Ireland (when devolved) ⓘ local government in Northern Ireland ⓘ
temporalCoverage	post-1999 devolution period ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → governedBy → Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

courts of the United Kingdom → interprets → Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly → mayBeAmendedBy → Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly self-link ⓘ

Acts of Parliament → relatedConcept → Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Acts of Senedd Cymru → relatedTo → Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ