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Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly
An act of the Northern Ireland Assembly is primary legislation made by the Northern Ireland Assembly. The power to create acts was conferred to the Parliament by section 5 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 following the successful 1998 referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.
Prior to the establishment of the Parliament under the 1998 act, all post-union laws specific to Northern Ireland were passed at the Westminster Parliament. Although the Westminster Parliament has retained the ability to legislate for Northern Ireland, by convention it does not do so without the consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
A draft act is known as a bill. Once it is passed by the Northern Ireland and receives royal assent, the bill becomes an act and is then a part of Northern Ireland Law.
A public bill is a bill which is introduced by a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland) (MLA), and which will deal with the general laws of Northern Ireland, rather than the law as it applies to a single person or organisation. Public bills are further divided into categories based on the MSP who proposed them: executive bills for a member of the Northern Ireland Executive; committee bills for the chair of one of the committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly; or private members' bills for any MLA who is not a member of the Northern Ireland Executive.
A 'private bill means a bill "introduced for the purpose of obtaining for the Promoter particular powers or benefits in excess of or in conflict with the general law, and includes a Bill relating to the estate, property, status or style, or otherwise relating to the personal affairs, of the Promoter".
The Northern Ireland Assembly has considered other implementations of private legislation procedures.
There are a number of stages a bill must pass through before it becomes an act, but to pass through these stages it must first be introduced to the Assembly.
Following a bill's introduction to Parliament, the first three stages a bill passes through are broadly defined by section 13 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The precise process is set out by the Parliament's standing orders, and varies slightly depending on how the bill is classified.
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Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly
An act of the Northern Ireland Assembly is primary legislation made by the Northern Ireland Assembly. The power to create acts was conferred to the Parliament by section 5 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 following the successful 1998 referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.
Prior to the establishment of the Parliament under the 1998 act, all post-union laws specific to Northern Ireland were passed at the Westminster Parliament. Although the Westminster Parliament has retained the ability to legislate for Northern Ireland, by convention it does not do so without the consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
A draft act is known as a bill. Once it is passed by the Northern Ireland and receives royal assent, the bill becomes an act and is then a part of Northern Ireland Law.
A public bill is a bill which is introduced by a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland) (MLA), and which will deal with the general laws of Northern Ireland, rather than the law as it applies to a single person or organisation. Public bills are further divided into categories based on the MSP who proposed them: executive bills for a member of the Northern Ireland Executive; committee bills for the chair of one of the committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly; or private members' bills for any MLA who is not a member of the Northern Ireland Executive.
A 'private bill means a bill "introduced for the purpose of obtaining for the Promoter particular powers or benefits in excess of or in conflict with the general law, and includes a Bill relating to the estate, property, status or style, or otherwise relating to the personal affairs, of the Promoter".
The Northern Ireland Assembly has considered other implementations of private legislation procedures.
There are a number of stages a bill must pass through before it becomes an act, but to pass through these stages it must first be introduced to the Assembly.
Following a bill's introduction to Parliament, the first three stages a bill passes through are broadly defined by section 13 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The precise process is set out by the Parliament's standing orders, and varies slightly depending on how the bill is classified.