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        Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I Preliminary
        1. Status of Northern Ireland.
        2. Previous enactments.
        3. Devolution order.
        4. Transferred, excepted and reserved matters.
        Part II Legislative Powers
        General
        5. Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
        6. Legislative competence.
        7. Entrenched enactments.
        8. Consent of Secretary of State required in certain cases.
        Scrutiny and stages of Bills
        9. Scrutiny by Ministers.
        10. Scrutiny by Presiding Officer.
        11. Scrutiny by the Judicial Committee.
        12. Reconsideration where reference made to ECJ.
        13. Stages of Bills.
        Royal Assent
        14. Submission by Secretary of State.
        15. Parliamentary control where consent given.
        Part III Executive Authorities
        Authorities
        16. First Minister and deputy First Minister.
        17. Ministerial offices.
        18. Northern Ireland Ministers.
        19. Junior Ministers.
        19A. Disqualification for certain offices which may be held by members of the Assembly.
        20. The Executive Committee.
        21. Northern Ireland departments.
        Functions
        22. Statutory functions.
        23. Prerogative and executive powers.
        24. Community law, Convention rights etc.
        25. Excepted and reserved matters.
        26. International obligations.
        27. Quotas for purposes of international etc obligations.
        28. Agency arrangements between UK and NI departments.
        Miscellaneous
        29. Statutory committees.
        30. Exclusion of Ministers from office.
        Part IV The Northern Ireland Assembly
        Elections etc
        31. Dates of elections and dissolutions.
        32. Extraordinary elections.
        33. Constituencies and numbers of members.
        34. Elections and franchise.
        35. Vacancies.
        Disqualification
        36. Disqualification.
        37. Effect of disqualification and provision for relief.
        38. Disqualification: judicial proceedings.
        Presiding Officer and Commission
        39. Presiding Officer.
        40. Commission.
        Proceedings etc.
        41. Standing orders.
        42. Petitions of concern.
        43. Members' interests.
        44. Power to call for witnesses and documents.
        45. Witnesses and documents: offences.
        46. Witnesses: oaths.
        Remuneration and pensions
        47. Remuneration of members.
        48. Pensions of members.
        Miscellaneous
        49. Letters Patent etc.
        50. Privilege.
        51. Resignation of members.
        Part V NSMC, BIC, BIIC etc.
        52. North-South Ministerial Council and British-Irish Council.
        53. Agreements etc. by persons participating in Councils.
        54. British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference.
        55. Implementation bodies.
        56. Civic Forum.
        Part VI Financial Provisions
        Consolidated Fund
        57. Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland.
        58. Payments into the Fund.
        59. Payments out of Fund without appropriation Act.
        60. Financial control, accounts and audit.
        Advances
        61. Advances by Secretary of State.
        62. Accounts.
        Miscellaneous
        63. Financial acts of the Assembly.
        64. Draft budgets.
        65. Audit.
        66. Expenses of Northern Ireland Audit Office.
        67. Provision of information to Treasury.
        Part VII Human Rights and Equal Opportunities
        Human rights
        68. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
        69. The Commission's functions.
        70. Assistance by Commission.
        71. Restrictions on application of rights.
        72. Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights: dissolution.
        Equality of opportunity
        73. The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
        74. The Commission's principal functions.
        75. Statutory duty on public authorities.
        76. Discrimination by public authorities.
        77. Unlawful oaths etc.
        78. Removal of restrictions on investigation into maladministration.
        Part VIII Miscellaneous
        Judicial scrutiny
        79. Devolution issues.
        80. Legislative power to remedy ultra vires acts.
        81. Powers of courts or tribunals to vary retrospective decisions.
        82. The Judicial Committee.
        83. Interpretation of Acts of the Assembly etc.
        Power to make provision by Order in Council
        84. Provision with respect to certain matters relating to Northern Ireland.
        85. Provision dealing with certain reserved matters.
        86. Provision for purposes consequential on Act etc.
        Social security, child support and pensions
        87. Consultation and co-ordination.
        88. The Joint Authority.
        89. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.
        Discrimination: certificates by Secretary of State
        90. Effect of certificates.
        91. The Tribunal.
        92. Appeals from the Tribunal.
        Miscellaneous
        93. Parliament Buildings etc.
        94. Land purchase annuities etc.
        Part IX Supplemental
        95. Savings for existing laws.
        96. Orders and regulations.
        97. Financial provision.
        98. Interpretation.
        99. Minor and consequential amendments.
        100. Transitional provisions, savings and repeals.
        101. Short title and commencement.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 Polls for the purposes of section 1
        SCHEDULE 2 Excepted matters
        SCHEDULE 3 Reserved matters
        SCHEDULE 4 Annex A to Strand One of Belfast Agreement
        Pledge of Office
        Code of Conduct {Ministers must at all times: observe the highest standards of propriety and regularity involvin...}
        SCHEDULE 5 Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
        SCHEDULE 6 Standing orders: further provision
        SCHEDULE 7 The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
        SCHEDULE 8 The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
        SCHEDULE 9 Equality: enforcement of duties
        SCHEDULE 10 Devolution issues
        Part I Preliminary
        Part II Proceedings in Northern Ireland
        Part III Proceedings in England and Wales
        Part IV Proceedings in Scotland
        Part V General
        SCHEDULE 11 Tribunal established under section 91
        SCHEDULE 12 Construction of references in existing laws
        SCHEDULE 13 Minor and consequential amendments
        SCHEDULE 14 Transitional provisions and savings
        SCHEDULE 15 Repeals

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