Northern Ireland Act 1998
Part I Preliminary
1 Status of Northern Ireland.
2 Previous enactments.
3 Devolution order.
4 Transferred, excepted and reserved matters.
Part II Legislative Powers
General
5 Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
6 Legislative competence.
7 Entrenched enactments.
8 Consent of Secretary of State required in certain cases.
Scrutiny and stages of Bills
9 Scrutiny by Ministers.
10 Scrutiny by Presiding Officer.
11 Scrutiny by the Judicial Committee.
12 Reconsideration where reference made to ECJ.
13 Stages of Bills.
Royal Assent
14 Submission by Secretary of State.
15 Parliamentary control where consent given.
Part III Executive Authorities
Authorities
16 First Minister and deputy First Minister.
16AAppointment of First Minister, deputy First Minister and Northern Ireland Ministers following Assembly election
16BVacancies in the office of First Minister or deputy First Minister
16CSections 16A and 16B: supplementary
17 Ministerial offices.
18 Northern Ireland Ministers.
19 Junior Ministers.
19A Disqualification for certain offices which may be held by members of the Assembly.
20 The Executive Committee.
21 Northern Ireland departments.
21ANorthern Ireland department with policing and justice functions
21BSection 21A(5A) and (7C): transitional provision
21CSection 21A(5A) and (7C): power of Assembly to secure retention or abolition of deputy Ministerial office
Functions
22 Statutory functions.
23 Prerogative and executive powers.
24 Community law, Convention rights etc.
25 Excepted and reserved matters.
26 International obligations.
27 Quotas for purposes of international etc obligations.
28 Agency arrangements between UK and NI departments.
Ministerial Code
28AMinisterial Code
Power to refer Ministerial decision to Executive Committee
28BPower to refer Ministerial decision to Executive Committee
Executive Committee: further provisions
28CPower of Executive Committee to call for witnesses and documents
28DStrategies relating to Irish language and Ulster Scots language etc
28EStrategy relating to poverty, social exclusion etc
Miscellaneous
29 Statutory committees.
29ACommittee to review functioning of Assembly and Executive Committee
29BReview of operation of sections 16A to 16C
30 Exclusion of Ministers from office.
30ASecretary of State’s powers in relation to exclusion
30BSecretary of State’s powers in exceptional circumstances
Part IV The Northern Ireland Assembly
Elections etc
31 Dates of elections and dissolutions.
32 Extraordinary elections.
33 Constituencies and numbers of members.
34 Elections and franchise.
35 Vacancies.
Disqualification
36 Disqualification.
37 Effect of disqualification and provision for relief.
38 Disqualification: judicial proceedings.
Presiding Officer and Commission
39 Presiding Officer.
40 Commission.
Proceedings etc.
41 Standing orders.
42 Petitions of concern.
43 Members’ interests.
44 Power to call for witnesses and documents.
45 Witnesses and documents: offences.
46 Witnesses: oaths.
Remuneration and pensions
47 Remuneration of members.
47AResolutions about reduction of remuneration
47BSecretary of State’s powers in relation to reduction of remuneration
47CSections 47A and 47B: specified periods and extensions
48 Pensions of members.
Miscellaneous
49 Letters Patent etc.
50 Privilege.
51 Resignation of members.
51AResolutions about reduction of financial assistance
51BSecretary of State’s powers in relation to reduction of financial assistance
51CSections 51A and 51B: specified periods and extensions
51DCensure resolutions
Part V NSMC, BIC, BIIC etc.
52 North-South Ministerial Council and British-Irish Council.
52ANorth-South Ministerial Council and British-Irish Council
52BSection 52A: duty to attend Council meetings etc
52CSections 52A and 52B: supplementary
53 Agreements etc. by persons participating in Councils.
54 British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference.
55 Implementation bodies.
56 Civic Forum.
Part VI Financial Provisions
Consolidated Fund
57 Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland.
58 Payments into the Fund.
59 Payments out of Fund without appropriation Act.
60 Financial control, accounts and audit.
Advances
61 Advances by Secretary of State.
62 Accounts.
Miscellaneous
63 Financial acts of the Assembly.
64 Draft budgets.
65 Audit.
66 Expenses of Northern Ireland Audit Office.
67 Provision of information to Treasury.
Part VII Human Rights and Equal Opportunities
Human rights
68 The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
69 The Commission’s functions.
69AInvestigations: evidence
69BInvestigations: national security
69CInvestigations: places of detention
69DInvestigations: terms of reference
70 Assistance by Commission.
71 Restrictions on application of rights.
72 Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights: dissolution.
Equality of opportunity
73 The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
74 The Commission’s principal functions.
75 Statutory duty on public authorities.
76 Discrimination by public authorities.
77 Unlawful oaths etc.
78 Removal of restrictions on investigation into maladministration.
Part VIII Miscellaneous
Judicial scrutiny
79 Devolution issues.
80 Legislative power to remedy ultra vires acts.
81 Powers of courts or tribunals to vary retrospective decisions.
82 The Judicial Committee.
83 Interpretation of Acts of the Assembly etc.
Power to make provision by Order in Council
84 Provision with respect to certain matters relating to Northern Ireland.
85 Provision dealing with certain reserved matters.
86 Provision for purposes consequential on Act etc.
86AProvision for transfer of functions relating to extradition etc.
86BProvision for entrenching enactments
Social security, child support and pensions
87 Consultation and co-ordination.
88 The Joint Authority.
89 Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.
Discrimination: certificates by Secretary of State
90 Effect of certificates.
91 The Tribunal.
92 Appeals from the Tribunal.
Miscellaneous
93 Parliament Buildings etc.
94 Land purchase annuities etc.
Part IX Supplemental
95 Savings for existing laws.
95ADirections under sections 30A, 47B and 51B
96 Orders and regulations.
97 Financial provision.
98 Interpretation.
99 Minor and consequential amendments.
100 Transitional provisions, savings and repeals.
101 Short title and commencement.
Northern Ireland Act 1998
SCHEDULE 1 Polls for the purposes of section 1
1The Secretary of State may by order direct the holding...
2Subject to paragraph 3, the Secretary of State shall exercise...
3The Secretary of State shall not make an order under...
4(1) An order under this Schedule directing the holding of...
SCHEDULE 2 Excepted matters
1The Crown, including the succession to the Crown and a...
2The Parliament of the United Kingdom; parliamentary elections, including the...
3International relations, including relations with territories outside the United Kingdom,...
4The defence of the realm; trading with the enemy; the...
5Control of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and other weapons...
6Dignities and titles of honour.
7Treason but not powers of arrest or criminal procedure.
8Nationality; immigration, including asylum and the status and capacity of...
9The following matters— (a) taxes or duties under any law...
9AChild Trust Funds.
10The following matters— (a) national insurance contributions;
10ATax credits under Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act...
10BChild benefit and guardian’s allowance.
11The appointment and removal of judges of the Supreme Court...
11AThe Supreme Court.
12Elections, including the franchise, in respect of the Northern Ireland...
13The subject-matter of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act...
14Coinage, legal tender and bank notes.
15The National Savings Bank.
16The subject-matter of the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980....
17National security (including the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service...
18Nuclear energy and nuclear installations, including nuclear safety, security and...
19Regulation of sea fishing outside the Northern Ireland zone (except...
20Regulation of activities in outer space.
20ARegulation of activities in Antarctica (which for these purposes has...
21Any matter with which a provision of the Northern Ireland...
22Any matter with which a provision of this Act falling...
SCHEDULE 3 Reserved matters
1The conferral of functions in relation to Northern Ireland on...
2Property belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown...
3Navigation, including merchant shipping, but not harbours or inland waters....
4Civil aviation but not aerodromes.
5The foreshore and the sea bed and subsoil and their...
6Domicile.
7The Post Office, posts (including postage stamps, postal orders and...
8Disqualification for membership of the Assembly; privileges, powers and immunities...
9The following matters— (a) the criminal law;
10The maintenance of public order, including the conferring of powers,...
11The establishment, organisation and control of the Royal Ulster Constabulary...
11ACo-operation between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the...
12Firearms and explosives.
13Civil defence.
14The subject-matter of the Emergency Powers Act Northern Ireland) 1926....
14AThe following matters— (a) rights of appeal to the Supreme...
15All matters, other than those specified in paragraph 11 of...
16The functions and procedures of the Civil Service Commissioners for...
17All matters (including procedure and appeals) relating to—
18The subject-matter of sections 149 to 151 of and Schedules...
19The subject-matter of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
20Import and export controls and trade with any place outside...
21The subject-matter of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.
22The subject-matter of the following provisions of the Pension Schemes...
23The following matters— (a) financial services, including investment business, banking...
24The subject-matter of— (a) the Building Societies Act 1986;
25The subject-matter of the Money Laundering Regulations 1993, but in...
25AThe subject-matter of the Transfer of Funds (Information on the...
26Regulation of anti-competitive practices and agreements; abuse of dominant position;...
27Intellectual property but not the subject-matter of Parts I and...
28Units of measurement and United Kingdom primary standards.
29Telecommunications; wireless telegraphy; the provision of programme services (within the...
30The National Lottery (except in so far as any matter...
31Xenotransplantation.
32Surrogacy arrangements, within the meaning of the Surrogacy Arrangements Act...
33The subject-matter of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990....
34Human genetics.
35Research Councils within the meaning of the Science and Technology...
35AThe Arts and Humanities Research Council (as defined by section...
36Areas in which industry may qualify for assistance under Part...
37Consumer safety in relation to goods.
38Technical standards and requirements in relation to products in pursuance...
39The subject-matter of section 3(5) to (7) of the Environmental...
40The subject-matter of— (a) the Data Protection Act 1984;
41Oaths and declarations (including all undertakings and affirmations, by whatever...
42Any matter with which a provision of this Act falling...
SCHEDULE 4 Annex A to Strand One of Belfast Agreement
Pledge of Office
To pledge: to discharge in good faith all the duties...
Code of Conduct
SCHEDULE 4ADepartment with policing and justice functions
Part 1Department in the charge of Minister approved by resolution of Assembly
Introduction
1(1) This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation...
Modification of section 16A
1ASection 16A(3) shall have effect as if, for paragraph (b)...
Section 18 not to apply to relevant Minister
2(1) Section 18 (Northern Ireland Ministers) shall not apply in...
Provisions relating to relevant Minister
3(1) Where any of the conditions in paragraphs (b) to...
Part 1ADepartment in the charge of Minister approved by resolution of the Assembly by virtue of section 21A(3A)
3AIntroduction
3BModification of section 16A
3CSection 18 not to apply to relevant Minister
3DProvisions relating to relevant Minister
Part 2Department in the charge of two Ministers
Introduction
4(1) This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation...
Modification of section 16A
4ASection 16A(3) shall have effect as if, for paragraph (b)...
Modifications of section 17
5(1) Section 17 (Ministerial offices) has effect subject to the...
Section 18 not to apply to relevant Ministers
6(1) Section 18 (Northern Ireland Ministers) shall not apply in...
Provisions relating to relevant Ministers
7(1) Where any of the conditions in paragraphs (b) to...
Part 3Department with rotation between Minister and junior Minister
Introduction
8(1) This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation...
Modification of section 16A
8ASection 16A(3) shall have effect as if, for paragraph (b)...
Section 18 not to apply to relevant Minister
9(1) Section 18 (Northern Ireland Ministers) shall not apply in...
Certain provisions of section 19 not to apply to relevant junior Minister
10(1) The provisions of section 19 (junior Ministers) specified in...
Provisions relating to relevant Minister and relevant junior Minister
11(1) Where any of the conditions in paragraphs (b) to...
Part 3ADepartment in the charge of Minister and deputy Minister
11AIntroduction
11BModification of section 16A
11CSection 18 not to apply to relevant Minister
11DSection 19 not to apply to deputy Minister
11EProvisions relating to relevant Minister and deputy Minister
11FEligibility to become relevant Minister or deputy Minister
11GChange in number of Ministerial offices held by members of a political party
11HInterpretation
Part 4Power to make further modifications
12(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such...
13Paragraphs 3(10), 3D(14), 7(10), 11(10) and (11) and 11E(10) of...
SCHEDULE 5 Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
Membership
1A person appointed under standing orders made under section 40(2)(b)...
Staff
2(1) The Commission may appoint staff. (2) The persons appointed...
Powers
3(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the Commission may do anything...
Delegation
4The Commission may delegate any of its functions to the...
Proceedings and business
5(1) The validity of any acts of the Commission shall...
Crown status
6(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for...
SCHEDULE 6 Standing orders: further provision
Preservation of order
1(1) The standing orders shall include provision for preserving order...
Proceedings to be in public
2(1) The standing orders shall include provision requiring the proceedings...
Reporting and publishing proceedings
3The standing orders shall include provision for reporting the proceedings...
Committees
4(1) The standing orders shall include provision for ensuring that,...
Votes in vacancy
5The standing orders may include provision enabling a right to...
SCHEDULE 7 The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Introductory
1In this Schedule “the Commission” means the Northern Ireland Human...
Commissioners’ tenure
2(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a Commissioner...
Commissioners’ salary etc.
3(1) The Commission shall pay to or in respect of...
Staff
4(1) The Commission may employ staff subject to the approval...
Annual report
5(1) The Commission shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after...
Money
6The Secretary of State may make grants to the Commission...
7(1) The Commission shall keep proper accounts and financial records....
Procedure
8(1) In determining its own procedure the Commission may, in...
Disqualification
9In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...
10In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
Status
11The Commission shall not be regarded as the servant or...
SCHEDULE 8 The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Introductory
1In this Schedule “the Commission” means the Equality Commission for...
Commissioners’ tenure
2(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a Commissioner...
Commissioners’ salary etc.
3The Department of Economic Development may with the approval of...
Additional Commissioners
3A(1) Paragraph 2(1) and (2) shall apply to additional Commissioners...
Staff
4(1) The Commission may with the approval of the Department...
Annual report
5(1) The Commission shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after...
Money
6(1) Expenditure incurred by the Commission may be defrayed as...
7(1) The Commission shall keep accounts and financial records in...
Procedure
8(1) In determining its own procedure the Commission may, in...
Disqualification
9In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...
10In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints
11In Schedule 2 to the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland)...
Status
12The Commission shall not be regarded as the servant or...
SCHEDULE 9 Equality: enforcement of duties
The Equality Commission
1The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland shall—
Equality schemes
2(1) A public authority to which this sub-paragraph applies shall,...
3(1) Where it thinks appropriate, the Commission may—
4(1) A scheme shall show how the public authority proposes...
5Before submitting a scheme a public authority shall consult, in...
6(1) On receipt of a scheme the Commission shall—
7(1) Where a scheme is referred to the Secretary of...
8(1) If a public authority wishes to revise a scheme...
Duties arising out of equality schemes
9(1) In publishing the results of such an assessment as...
Complaints
10(1) If the Commission receives a complaint made in accordance...
Investigations
11(1) This paragraph applies to— (a) investigations required by paragraph...
Government departments
12(1) Paragraphs 6, 7 and 11(2)(b) and (3) do not...
SCHEDULE 10 Devolution issues
Part I Preliminary
1In this Schedule “devolution issue” means— (a) a question whether...
2A devolution issue shall not be taken to arise in...
Part II Proceedings in Northern Ireland
Application of Part II
3This Part of this Schedule applies in relation to devolution...
Institution of proceedings
4(1) Proceedings for the determination of a devolution issue may...
Notice of devolution issue
5A court or tribunal shall order notice of any devolution...
6A person to whom notice is given in pursuance of...
Reference of devolution issue to Court of Appeal
7A court, other than the House of Lords or the...
8A tribunal from which there is no appeal shall refer...
References from Court of Appeal to Judicial Committee
9The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland may refer any...
Appeals from Court of Appeal to Judicial Committee
10An appeal against a determination of a devolution issue by...
Part III Proceedings in England and Wales
Application of Part III
11This Part of this Schedule applies in relation to devolution...
Institution of proceedings
12(1) Proceedings for the determination of a devolution issue may...
Notice of devolution issue
13A court or tribunal shall order notice of any devolution...
14A person to whom notice is given in pursuance of...
Reference of devolution issue to High Court or Court of Appeal
15A magistrates’ court may refer any devolution issue which arises...
16(1) A court may refer any devolution issue which arises...
17A tribunal from which there is no appeal shall refer...
18A court, other than the House of Lords or the...
References from Court of Appeal to Judicial Committee
19The Court of Appeal may refer any devolution issue which...
Appeals from superior courts to Judicial Committee
20An appeal against a determination of a devolution issue by...
Part IV Proceedings in Scotland
Application of Part IV
21This Part of this Schedule applies in relation to devolution...
Institution of proceedings
22(1) Proceedings for the determination of a devolution issue may...
Intimation of devolution issue
23Intimation of any devolution issue which arises in any proceedings...
24A person to whom intimation is given in pursuance of...
Reference of devolution issue to higher court
25A court, other than the House of Lords or any...
26A tribunal from which there is no appeal shall refer...
27A court, other than any court consisting of two or...
References from superior courts to Judicial Committee
28Any court consisting of three or more judges of the...
29Any court consisting of two or more judges of the...
Appeals from superior courts to Judicial Committee
30An appeal against a determination of a devolution issue by...
31An appeal against a determination of a devolution issue by—...
Part V General
Proceedings in the House of Lords
32Any devolution issue which arises in judicial proceedings in the...
Direct references to Judicial Committee
33The Attorney General, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, the...
34The Attorney General, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, the...
35(1) This paragraph applies where a reference is made under...
Delegation by First Ministers
36The First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly...
Expenses
37(1) A court or tribunal before which any proceedings take...
Procedure of courts and tribunals
38Any power to make provision for regulating the procedure before...
Bail and legal aid in criminal proceedings
39(1) Sub-paragraph (3) applies where a devolution issue arises in...
40Where a devolution issue arises as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)...
Interpretation
41Any duty or power conferred by this Schedule to refer...
SCHEDULE 11 Tribunal established under section 91
Introductory
1In this Schedule “the Tribunal” means the tribunal established under...
Members
2(1) The Tribunal shall consist of such number of members...
Chairman
3(1) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint one of the members...
Payments to members
4(1) The Lord Chancellor may pay to the members of...
Proceedings
5The Tribunal shall sit at such times and in such...
6The Tribunal shall be deemed to be duly constituted if...
7The chairman or, in his absence, the deputy chairman, shall...
Staff
8The Lord Chancellor may appoint such officers and servants for...
Expenses
9The Lord Chancellor shall defray the remuneration of persons appointed...
Disqualification of Tribunal Members
10In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...
11In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
SCHEDULE 12 Construction of references in existing laws
Preliminary
1(1) Enactments and instruments shall, except where the context otherwise...
The Parliament and the old Assembly
2(1) References to the Parliament of Northern Ireland shall be...
Legislation etc of the Parliament or the old Assembly
3(1) A reference to an Act or enactment of the...
4(1) A reference to a resolution or other decision of...
5A reference to laying a document before, or presenting it...
6Paragraphs 2 to 5 apply to enactments and instruments passed...
Money
7(1) A reference to— (a) money provided by the Parliament...
Office-holders and Ministers
8(1) A reference to— (a) the Governor of Northern Ireland;...
9(1) A reference to— (a) the Prime Minister of Northern...
10(1) A reference to— (a) a particular Ministry of Northern...
11(1) A reference to— (a) an unspecified Minister of Northern...
Courts
12(1) A reference to the Supreme Court of Judicature in...
Equal opportunity bodies
13(1) A reference to— (a) the Fair Employment Commission for...
SCHEDULE 12AEffect of application of section 95A(6) or (7)
Directions under section 30A(5): Northern Ireland Ministers and junior Ministers
1(1) Paragraphs 2 to 4 apply where a direction under...
2(1) A person who holds office as a Northern Ireland...
3If— (a) an office of Northern Ireland Minister or junior...
4Section 18(10) (and section 18(11)), and any provision made under...
Directions under section 30A(2) or (5): the First Minister and deputy First Minister
5(1) Paragraphs 6 to 8 apply where a direction under...
6(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) apply where—
7(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) apply where—
8(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) apply where—
Directions under section 47B or 51B
9(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where a direction under...
General
10Where a direction under section 30A, 47B or 51B ceases...
SCHEDULE 13 Minor and consequential amendments
Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 (c.25)
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1042 (N.I. 15))
2(1) The Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 shall be...
Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30)
3In section 24(5) of the Interpretation Act 1978 (meaning of...
Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I.12))
4In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Statutory Rules...
Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20)
5(1) The Mental Health Act 1983 shall be amended as...
Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45)
6In section 427 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (members of...
Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/460 (N.I.5))
7In Article 6(2) of the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987...
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c.48)
8(1) The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 shall be...
Official Secrets Act 1989 (c.6)
9(1) Section 12 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 (interpretation)...
Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c.32)
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)
11In section 189 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992...
Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c.8)
12In section 165 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland)...
Environment and Safety Information (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/3159 (N.I.14))
13In the second column of Schedule 1 to the Environment...
Civil Service (Management Functions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1894 (N.I.9))
14In Article 3(1) of the Civil Service (Management Functions) (Northern...
Olympic Symbol etc. Protection Act 1995 (c.32)
15In section 4(16) of the Olympic Symbol etc. Protection Act...
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)
16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I.7))
17In Article 9(3) of the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland)...
Ombudsman (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I.8))
18In Article 10(3) of the Ombudsman (Northern Ireland) Order 1996...
Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/869 (N.I.6))
19(1) The Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 shall be...
Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998 (c.12)
20In Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998...
Data Protection Act 1998 (c.29)
21(1) In paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Data...
SCHEDULE 14 Transitional provisions and savings
Human rights
1In relation to any time before the Human Rights Act...
First Minister and deputy First Minister
2Any election of the First Minister and the deputy First...
Ministerial offices
3Any determination of— (a) the number of Ministerial offices to...
Northern Ireland Ministers
4Any nomination of a person to hold a Ministerial office...
Junior Ministers
5Any of the following made and approved before the appointed...
Department of First Minister and deputy First Minister
6Any Northern Ireland department established before the appointed day under...
Prerogative orders
7Any prerogative order made by the Secretary of State under...
Agency arrangements
8Any arrangements made under section 11 of the Northern Ireland...
Statutory committees
9(1) Any committee of the Assembly established before the appointed...
Elections of members
10Any order made under section 2(5) of the Northern Ireland...
Vacancies
11Any order made under section 3 of the Northern Ireland...
Disqualification
12A person elected on 25th June 1998 shall not be...
Presiding Officer and deputy
13Any person appointed or elected under paragraph 3 of the...
Standing orders
14Any standing orders made by the Secretary of State under...
Civic Forum
15Any such arrangements as are mentioned in subsection (1) of...
Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland
16Any appointment made by Her Majesty under section 36(1)(d) of...
Social security and child support
17Any regulations made under any enactment repealed by virtue of...
Certificates by Secretary of State
18Section 90 shall have effect— (a) in relation to any...
Devolution issues
19In relation to any time before the first appointment of...
Relations with Republic of Ireland
20The repeal effected by this Act of section 12 of...
Discrimination in legislation
21The repeals effected by this Act shall not affect the...
Discrimination by public bodies
22The repeals effected by this Act shall not affect the...
Members’ Pensions
23The repeals effected by this Act shall not affect the...
SCHEDULE 15Repeals

Northern Ireland Act 1998

1998 c. 47

An Act to make new provision for the government of Northern Ireland for the purpose of implementing the agreement reached at multi-party talks on Northern Ireland set out in Command Paper 3883.

C1C2C3C4Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Act modified (5.10.1999) by 1999 c. 10, ss. 16, 20(2)

C2

Act excluded (temp. from 12.2.2000 to 30.5.2000) by 2000 c. 1, s. 1(8), Sch. para. 5(2); S.I. 2000/396, art. 2; S.I. 2000/1445, art. 2

C3

Act: power to amend conferred (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), s. 11(2)-(5), 27(4)(5) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 c. 4, s. 1(1) (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2

C4

Act modified (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), s. 18(8), 27(4)(5) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 c. 4, s. 1(1) (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2