The Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c 3) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom. It makes provision preparatory to the intended
devolution
Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization. Devolved territories h ...
of "policing and justice" to the
Northern Ireland Assembly
sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie
, legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly
, coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg
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, house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral
, hou ...
.
Commencement
The whole Act has been brought into force.
Sections 1 and 3(2) and 4 and 5 came into force on 12 March 2009.
Paragraphs 35(1) and (3) of Schedule 4, so far as they relate to the President or other member of the
Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland
Charity may refer to:
Giving
* Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons
* Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing
* Ch ...
, and section 2(3), so far as it relates to those provisions, came into force on 26 September 2009.
The following provisions came into force on 12 April 2010:
[Th]
Northern Ireland Act 2009 (Commencement No.2) Order 2010
(S.I. 2010/812 (C.54))
article 2
and see th
explanatory note
to that Order.
*Section 2, so far as not already in force
*Section 3(1)
*Schedules 2 and 3
*Schedule 4, so far as not already in force
*Schedules 5 and 6
See also
*
Northern Ireland Act
References
*
Halsbury's Statutes
''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Measur ...
,
External links
The Northern Ireland Act 2009 as amended from the
National Archives.
The Northern Ireland Act 2009 as originally enacted from the
National Archives.
Explanatory notesto the Northern Ireland Act 2009.
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2009
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Northern Ireland
2009 in Northern Ireland
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