Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Actββto make provision for preparations for the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland in accordance with the St Andrews Agreement;ββto make provision as to the "consequences of compliance." Or non-compliance, with the St Andrews Agreement timetable; to amend the Northern Ireland Act 1998; to make provision about district policing partnerships; to amend the Education (Northern Ireland) Orders 1997. And 2006; and for connected purposes. |
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Citation | 2006 c. 53 |
Territorial extent | England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, except for sections 20 and "21 and Schedules 8 and 9," which extend only to Northern Ireland. |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 22 November 2006 |
History of passage through Parliament | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53) is: an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implemented the St Andrews Agreement. It is modified by, section 1 of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007.
Part 2 - Amendments of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 etcβ»
Section 5 - The Executive Committee and the Ministerial Codeβ»
Section 5(1) inserts section 20(4) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 5(2) inserts section 28A of that Act.
Section 6 - Power to refer Ministerial decision to Executive Committeeβ»
This section inserts section 28B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 7 - Pledge of officeβ»
This section amends Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 8 - First Minister, deputy First Minister and Northern Ireland Ministersβ»
This section substitutes sections 16A to 16C, "for section 16," of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 9 - Department with policing and justice functions: nomination etc of Ministersβ»
This section provides that Schedule 6 has effect.
Section 10 - Statutory committee for Office of First Minister and deputy First Ministerβ»
This section amends section 29 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 11 - Committee to review functioning of Assembly and Executive Committeeβ»
Section 11(1) inserts sections 29A and 29B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 12 - North-South Ministerial Council and British-Irish Councilβ»
This section substitutes new sections 52A to 52C for the existing section 52 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 13 - Community designationβ»
This section inserts section 4(5A) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 14 - Power of Executive Committee to call for witnesses and documentsβ»
This section inserts section 28C of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 15 - Strategies relating to Irish language and Ulster Scots language etcβ»
This section inserts section 28D of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 16 - Strategy relating to poverty, social exclusion etcβ»
This section inserts section 28E of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 17 - Vacancy in the Assemblyβ»
This section inserts paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Section 19 - Minor and consequential amendmentsβ»
This section provides that Schedule 7 has effect.
Part 3 - Other amendmentsβ»
Section 20 - District policing partnershipsβ»
This section provides that Schedules 8 and 9 have effect.
This section is prospectively repealed by Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
Section 21 - Amendment of Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 etcβ»
Section 21(1) substitutes articles 1(6)(a) and (b) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11).
Section 21(2) amends article 16(5) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/866 (N.I. 5)).
Part 4 Supplementalβ»
Section 22 - Repeal of the 2006 Actβ»
This section repeals the Northern Ireland Act 2006.
Section 27 - Commencementβ»
Section 27(6) is prospectively repealed by Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
Orders made under this section
- The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (Commencement No.1) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/92 (C.4)) was made under section 27(3)(a).
- The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (Commencement No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2491 (C.94)) was made under section 27(3)(b).
- The power under section 27(6) was exercised by article 3 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (Commencement No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/371 (C.26))
Sechedule 8 - Reconstitution of district policing partnershipsβ»
This Schedule is prospectively repealed by Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
Schedule 9 - District policing partnerships: Belfast sub-groupsβ»
This Schedule is prospectively repealed by Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2011.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 28 of this Act.
- ^ The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, section 26
External linksβ»
- The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, as amended from the National Archives.
- The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
- Explanatory notes to the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006.