The Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles (, ERNA; , RIAH) described the autonomy of the island territories of the

Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...

. It was enacted on 3 March 1951 by

royal decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for ...

and remained in force, in a consolidated form, until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010. Together with the

Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles The Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles ( nl, Staatsregeling van de Nederlandse Antillen) was proclaimed on 29 March 1955 by Order-in-Council for the Kingdom. Its proclamation was specifically mandated by article 59(4) of the Charter for the ...

, the Islands Regulation described the foundation of the government of the Netherlands Antilles. The fact that the Constitution depended on the Islands Regulation led many scholars to regard the Netherlands Antilles as a federal arrangement.Borman, C. (2005).
Het Statuut voor het Koninkrijk
'. Deventer: Kluwer, p. 56.

References

Government of the Netherlands Antilles 1951 in law {{NetherlandsAntilles-stub