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Secondary Legislation

Laid - 23 Mar 2021 In Force 31 Mar 2021

Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Made affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

These Regulations confer on the Secretary of State the power to direct the First Minister, deputy First Minister, a Northern Ireland Minister, a Northern Ireland department, the Regional Health and Social Care Board, and the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being.


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 2 Nov 2020 In Force 10 Dec 2020

Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (Democratic Consent Process) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Draft affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

Article 18 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union makes provision for consent to be provided by the Northern Ireland Assembly to the continued application of Articles 5 to 10 of that Protocol. Consent must be given …


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 22 Oct 2020 In Force 7 Dec 2020

Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Made negative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

These Regulations enable civil partners to convert their civil partnership into a marriage where the civil partnership was formed under the law of Northern Ireland and the civil partners are of the same sex.


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 22 Oct 2020 In Force 25 Nov 2020

Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Draft affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742) are to make amendments addressing deficiencies arising from the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU. This instrument makes further amendments, in the fields of explosive precursors and firearms, in order to implement the Northern Ireland/Ireland Protocol to the …


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 23 Sep 2020 In Force Not stated

Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Draft affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000/347) (“the Flags Regulations”) make provision as to the flying of flags at government buildings in Northern Ireland, in particular on which buildings and on which days flags must be flown. These Regulations amend the Flags Regulations so as to remove the requirement …


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 7 Sep 2020 In Force Not stated

Adjacent Waters Boundaries (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Draft affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

This Order amends the Adjacent Waters Boundaries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I 2002/791) (“the 2002 Order”).


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 16 Jul 2020 In Force 1 Sep 2020

Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Made negative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

These Regulations enable same-sex religious marriage in Northern Ireland and provide protections for religious bodies, and persons acting on behalf of or under the auspices of such bodies, who do not wish to facilitate religious marriages between parties who are of the same sex, or ceremonies or events to mark …


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 7 Jul 2020 In Force 30 Oct 2020

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Made negative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

This Order extends by two years the duration of transitional provision for Northern Ireland in connection with the coming into force of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) (“the Act”) (destruction, retention and use of biometric data).


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 15 Jun 2020 In Force 6 Jul 2020

Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Made negative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

Under section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland (as the electoral registration officer) is required to conduct a canvass in Northern Ireland in such years as are determined in accordance with section 10ZA of that Act (by reference …


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 8 Jun 2020 In Force 14 Aug 2020

Terrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2020
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Draft affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

Article 2(1) of this Order requires that any interview by a constable of a person detained under section 41 of, or Schedule 7 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11, “the Act”) which takes place in a police station in Northern Ireland is to be video recorded with sound. (A …