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The Legislative Process in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

George Woodman
George Woodman
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Devolution once more operates in Northern Ireland with Ministers elected from, and presenting legislation to, an Assembly set up under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The purpose of this article from George Woodman is to describe briefly how legislation is handled by the Assembly, to look at its publication and at the sources for tracing it. George Woodman is Librarian (Readers Services) at the Northern Ireland Assembly Library.
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These are divided into three categories: Excepted Reserved and Transferred Matters. Excepted Matters are those which are always the responsibility of the United Kingdom Government. They include such matters as external defence, foreign policy and coinage and are listed in full in Sch 2 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998. Reserved Matters are those which, while remaining the responsibility of Westminster, could be devolved in the future. They include taxation and policing and Sch 3 to the 1998 Act lists them in full. Transferred Matters are all other functions of Government which are devolved to an Assembly.

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Research Article
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , Spring 2001 , pp. 43 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2001

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Woodman, George (1987) Legislation in Norhern lreland The Law Librarian 18, pp 46–49Google Scholar
Woodman, George (1987) Norhern lreland Information Sources in law (2nd ed) ed Jules winterton and Elizabeth M Moys Bowker SaurGoogle Scholar
Northern Ireland Act 1998 TSO, 1998Google Scholar
Northern Ireland Assembly Weekly Information Bulletion TSO, 1999 – Weekly when Assembly is sitting.Google Scholar