15.The following table sets out the dates of the Hansard reports for each stage of the Act’s passage through the Assembly.
| STAGE | DATE |
| Introduction of the Act to the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment | 18 February 2010 |
| First Stage – Introduction to the Assembly | 9 March 2010 |
| Second Stage debate | 23 March 2010 |
| Committee Stage – evidence from Advice NI | 13 May 2010 |
| Committee Stage – general consideration of sections and Schedule | 20 May 2010 |
| Committee Stage – formal section by section scrutiny of the Act; agreement given to sections 1, 3 to 9 and Schedule, and section 2 referred for further consideration | 3 June 2010 |
| Committee Stage – section 2 agreed | 10 June 2010 |
| Committee Stage – consideration of Committee’s draft report | 17 June 2010 |
| Committee’s report on the Act – Report number 67/09/10R | 24 June 2010 |
| Consideration Stage in the Assembly | 5 October 2010 |
| Further Consideration Stage | 1 November 2010 |
| Final Stage | 9 November 2010 |
| Royal Assent | 15 December 2010 |