C1 Part II Legislative Powers

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

General

7 Entrenched enactments.

1

Subject to F9subsections (2A) and (2B), the following enactments shall not be modified by an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation made, confirmed or approved by a Minister or Northern Ireland department—

a

the M1European Communities Act 1972;

b

the M2Human Rights Act 1998; F3...

c

section 43(1) to (6) and (8), section 67, sections 84 to F186B, section 95(3) and (4) and section 98 F4F2....

F2d

section 1 and section 84 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.F5; and

e

the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

2

Subsection (1) does not prevent an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation modifying section 3(3) or (4) or 11(1) of the European Communities Act 1972.

F62A

Subsection (1) does not prevent an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation modifying—

F8ba

any excluded provision of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, or

c

any regulations made under that Act.

F72B

For the purposes of subsection (2A)(ba), the following are excluded provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018—

a

section 1B(3) and (4),

b

sections 8A to 8C,

c

section 10(3) and (4),

d

sections 13A and 13B,

e

sections 15A to 15C,

f

Parts 1A to 1C of Schedule 2,

g

paragraphs 1(11) and (12), 2(12) and (13) and 8A to 8G of Schedule 7, and

h

paragraph 21 of Schedule 8.

3

In this Act “Minister”, unless the context otherwise requires, means the First Minister, the deputy First Minister or a Northern Ireland Minister.