Northern Ireland Act 1998

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The Northern Ireland Act 1998 is a key piece of UK legislation that implemented the Good Friday Agreement by creating the framework for devolved government and power-sharing institutions in Northern Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutional statute ⓘ
amends Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
citation 1998 c. 47 ⓘ
contains provisions on human rights in Northern Ireland ⓘ
creates devolved executive for Northern Ireland ⓘ
devolved legislature for Northern Ireland ⓘ
defines excepted matters for the UK Parliament ⓘ
legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
reserved matters for the UK Parliament ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
establishes Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
Northern Ireland Executive ⓘ
power-sharing arrangements in Northern Ireland ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Northern Ireland ⓘ
hasStatus constitutional significance in UK law ⓘ
implementsAgreement Belfast Agreement ⓘ
Good Friday Agreement ⓘ
isKeyLegislationFor implementation of the Good Friday Agreement ⓘ
longTitle 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; and for connected purposes. ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
providesFor British-Irish Council ⓘ
British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference ⓘ
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland ⓘ
First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland ⓘ
North-South Ministerial Council ⓘ
Northern Ireland Executive Committee ⓘ
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission ⓘ
Petition of Concern mechanism ⓘ
arrangements for possible Irish unification subject to consent ⓘ
devolution of executive powers to Northern Ireland ⓘ
devolution of legislative powers to Northern Ireland ⓘ
d’Hondt system for allocation of ministerial offices ⓘ
referendum on the status of Northern Ireland ⓘ
statutory committees of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
receivedRoyalAssentOn 1998-11-19 ⓘ
recognises principle of consent regarding the constitutional status of Northern Ireland ⓘ
relatedTo Government of Wales Act 1998 ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
repeals parts of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
requires cross-community support for key Assembly decisions ⓘ
shortTitle Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
subjectMatter Northern Ireland peace process ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
devolution ⓘ
power-sharing ⓘ
territorialExtent Northern Ireland ⓘ
yearEnacted 1998 ⓘ

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Northern Ireland Assembly → establishedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Assembly → governedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Executive → basedOn → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Executive → subjectTo → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998 → relatedTo → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly → governedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Good Friday Agreement → resultedIn → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Act 1998 → shortTitle → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
First Minister of Northern Ireland → constitutedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Minister of Finance (Northern Ireland) → hasLegalBasis → Northern Ireland Act 1998 (as amended) ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ireland Act 1998
Minister for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) → legalBasis → Northern Ireland Act 1998 (as amended) ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ireland Act 1998
Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland → createdBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Minister of Health (Northern Ireland) → hasLegalBasis → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Minister for Justice (Northern Ireland) → legalBasis → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Constitution of the United Kingdom → includes → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Wales Act 2017 → relatedTo → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Civil Service → reformedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 → repealedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 → repealedInPartBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 → relatedTo → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission → legalBasis → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission → establishedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland → legalBasis → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Act 1974 → amendedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Act 1974 → relatedTo → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Judiciary of Northern Ireland → subjectTo → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
FM (Northern Ireland) → officeCreatedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Minister for Education (Northern Ireland) → createdUnder → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
subject linked to: Minister for Education
Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland → createdBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
subject linked to: dFM
Northern Ireland elections policy (reserved aspects) → definedIn → Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedules 2 and 3 ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ireland Act 1998
United Kingdom–Northern Ireland relations → governedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Assembly elections → governedBy → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Irish reunification → hasLegalBasisIn → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive → basedOn → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland) → legalBasis → Northern Ireland Act 1998 and subsequent amendments ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ireland Act 1998
Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund → legalBasis → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
UK Parliament 1987–2001 → includesReform → Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ