C1 Part II Legislative Powers

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

General

7 Entrenched enactments.

1

Subject to F11subsections (2A) and (2B), the following enactments shall not be modified by an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation made, confirmed or approved by a Minister or Northern Ireland department—

F9a

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b

the M1Human Rights Act 1998; F6...

c

section 43(1) to (6) and (8), section 67, sections 84 to F286B, section 95(3) and (4) and section 98 F3F1....

F1d

section 1 and section 84 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.; F12...

F8e

the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018; F7 and

f

the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020.

F102

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F52A

Subsection (1) does not prevent an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation modifying—

F13ba

any excluded provision of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, or

c

any regulations made under that Act.

F42B

For the purposes of subsection (2A)(ba), the following are excluded provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018—

a

section 1B(3) and (4),

b

sections 8A to 8C,

c

section 10(3) and (4),

d

sections 13A and 13B,

e

sections 15A to 15C,

f

Parts 1A to 1C of Schedule 2,

g

paragraphs 1(11) and (12), 2(12) and (13) and 8A to 8G of Schedule 7, and

h

paragraph 21 of Schedule 8.

3

In this Act “Minister”, unless the context otherwise requires, means the First Minister, the deputy First Minister or a Northern Ireland Minister.