Annex A - Territorial extent and application in the United Kingdom
- The Act extends to and applies in Northern Ireland only.1
Provision Extends to E & W and applies to England? Extends to E & W and applies to Wales? Extends and applies to Scotland? Extends and applies to Northern Ireland? Would corresponding provision be within the competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly? Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Schedule
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subject matter and legislative competence of devolved legislatures
- All Sections and the Schedule affect matters within the devolved (transferred) competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Sewel Convention sets out that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate in an area of devolved competence without the agreement of the devolved legislatures. In the absence of the Executive and a sitting Assembly, and given the pressing need for the regional rates level to be set, there was neither the time available nor the practical ability for the Assembly to provide a Legislative Consent Motion. We were satisfied that the circumstances in which the Bill was introduced come within the terms of the Convention.
1 References in this Annex to a provision being within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly are to the provision being within the legislative competence of the relevant devolved legislature for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83J of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons relating to Public Business.
