Northern Ireland Assembly

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The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature for Northern Ireland, responsible for making laws and scrutinizing the work of ministers on a range of regional matters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf devolved legislature
parliamentary body
unicameral legislature
alsoKnownAs Northern Ireland Assembly
surface form: Stormont Assembly
appliesToJurisdiction Northern Ireland
country United Kingdom
createdAsResultOf Good Friday Agreement
devolvedPowerOver agriculture and rural development
culture, arts and leisure
education
environment
health and social services
housing
justice and policing (with some exceptions)
local government
regional development and transport
electoralSystem proportional representation
electoralTermLength 4 years
establishedBy Northern Ireland Act 1998
firstElectionDate 25 June 1998
firstMeetingDate 1 July 1998
governedBy Northern Ireland Act 1998
hasFunction approving the regional budget
debating public policy issues affecting Northern Ireland
electing the First Minister and deputy First Minister
holding the Northern Ireland Executive to account
making laws on devolved matters
nominating ministers to the Northern Ireland Executive
representing the people of Northern Ireland
scrutinizing the work of ministers
hasNumberOfHouses 1
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/
hasPredecessor Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
Northern Ireland Assembly self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)

Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
Northern Ireland Parliament
hasSpeakerTitle Northern Ireland Assembly self-linksurface differs
surface form: Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
inception 1998
isSubjectTo suspension and restoration under UK legislation
legislativeBodyFor Northern Ireland
legislativeProcess passing Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
locatedIn Belfast
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Northern Ireland
locatedInCountry United Kingdom
meetsIn Parliament Buildings, Stormont
numberOfMembers 90
officialLanguage English
partOf devolution settlement in the United Kingdom
usesMinisterialAllocationMethod d’Hondt method
usesPowerSharingSystem consociational power-sharing
votingSystem Single Transferable Vote

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NIPS governmentBranch Northern Ireland Assembly
subject surface form: Northern Ireland Prison Service
this entity surface form: devolved administration of Northern Ireland
Gerard Adams memberOf Northern Ireland Assembly