Northern Ireland constitutional arrangements

E458619

constitutional framework public law regime

Northern Ireland constitutional arrangements are the complex set of legal, political, and institutional frameworks that govern the status, power-sharing structures, and relationship of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom and with the Republic of Ireland.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Ireland constitutional settlement	1
Northern Ireland devolution settlement	1
Northern Ireland government institutions	1
United Kingdom constitutional framework for Northern Ireland	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional framework ⓘ public law regime ⓘ
affectedBy	United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union ⓘ
aimsToManage	unionist–nationalist political division ⓘ
aimsToSecure	stable devolved government in Northern Ireland ⓘ
allocatesDevolvedPowersTo	Northern Ireland Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorises	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to call a border poll NERFINISHED ⓘ
conditionsStatusChangeOn	majority consent in a poll ⓘ
definesStrand	Strand One (internal Northern Ireland institutions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Strand Three (East–West institutions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Strand Two (North–South institutions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishesInstitution	British Irish Council NERFINISHED ⓘ British Irish Intergovernmental Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ North South Ministerial Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland Executive NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of First Minister and deputy First Minister NERFINISHED ⓘ
guaranteesRight	self-determination of the people of Northern Ireland ⓘ
hasFoundationalAgreement	Belfast Agreement 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Friday Agreement 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyPrinciple	consent principle ⓘ parity of esteem ⓘ power sharing ⓘ strand-based institutional structure ⓘ
hasSupplementaryAgreement	Fresh Start Agreement 2015 NERFINISHED ⓘ Hillsborough Castle Agreement 2010 NERFINISHED ⓘ New Decade New Approach 2020 NERFINISHED ⓘ St Andrews Agreement 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ Stormont House Agreement 2014 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windsor Framework 2023 NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedByStatute	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Act 2022 NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatesHumanRightsFramework	European Convention on Human Rights mechanisms ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
modifiedBy	Northern Ireland Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ Windsor Framework arrangements on trade and regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesFor	equality and human rights institutions in Northern Ireland ⓘ
providesMechanism	petition of concern ⓘ
recognisesIdentity	British identity in Northern Ireland ⓘ Irish identity in Northern Ireland ⓘ right to identify as British or Irish or both ⓘ
regulatesOffice	First Minister of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatesRelationshipWith	Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatesStatusWithin	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresCrossCommunitySupportFor	keyAssemblyDecisions ⓘ
reservesPowersTo	UK Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesAppointmentMethod	d’Hondt system for ministerial allocation NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

St Andrews Agreement → hasEffectOn → Northern Ireland constitutional arrangements ⓘ

Prince of Wales Avenue → associatedWith → Northern Ireland constitutional arrangements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland government institutions

Northern Ireland Act 1974 → partOf → Northern Ireland constitutional arrangements ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom constitutional framework for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 → partOfProcess → Northern Ireland constitutional arrangements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland devolution settlement

Minister of State for Northern Ireland → associatedWithPolicyArea → Northern Ireland constitutional arrangements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland constitutional settlement