Northern Ireland Act 1998
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | 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. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 1998 c. 47 |
| Introduced by | Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 19 November 1998 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) is an
direct rule
.
It renamed the New Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998, to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
It repealed parts of the
Belfast Agreement
of 1998.
The act allows for a devolved
British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference.[2][3] The Assembly has been suspended a number of times since 1998, and was re-established on Tuesday 8 May 2007, subsequent to the St Andrews Agreement
of 2006.
Election to the assembly is by single transferable vote (STV), a form of proportional representation.
See also
- Belfast Agreement
- Cross-community vote
- Ireland Act 1949
Notes
- ^ "This section does not affect the power of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to make laws for Northern Ireland, but an Act of the Assembly may modify any provision made by or under an Act of Parliament in so far as it is part of the law of Northern Ireland." Northern Ireland Act 1998, Part II, Legislative Powers
- ISBN 0-415-23035-7
- ISBN 0-415-32788-1
Further reading
- Walker, Graham. "Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Devolution, 1945–1979," Journal of British Studies Jan. 2010, Vol. 49, No. 1: 117-142.