Portal:Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly

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An index of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, established in 1998 under the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998.

The numbers after the titles of the acts are the acts numbers. Acts are referenced using 'Year', c., 'Act Number'.

2000s

2000

Short Title	Long Title	Number
Financial Assistance for Political Parties Act (Northern Ireland) 2000	An Act to provide for the making of payments to political parties for the purpose of assisting members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who are connected with such parties to perform their Assembly duties.	2000 c. 1
Appropriation Act (Northern Ireland) 2000	An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the year ending on 31st March 2001; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes and authorise other sums to be applied as appropriations in aid for those purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; and to repeal certain Appropriation Orders.	2000 c. 2
Allowances to Members of the Assembly Act (Northern Ireland) 2000	An Act to make provision for the payment of allowances to or in respect of persons who have been members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.	2000 c. 3
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000	An Act to amend the law relating to child support; to amend the law relating to occupational and personal pensions; to amend the law relating to social security benefits and social security administration; to amend Part III of the Family Law Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 and Part V of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; and for connected purposes.	2000 c. 4
Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2000	An Act to amend the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to allow self-verification of weighing or measuring equipment, testing by official EEA testers and pre-test stamping.	2000 c. 5

2001

Short Title	Long Title	Number
Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to make provision regarding the destruction of dogs under the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983.	2001 c. 1
Planning (Compensation, etc.) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to abolish the right to compensation in respect of certain planning decisions; and to amend Article 121(1)(c)(iv) of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.	2001 c. 2
Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to establish a Northern Ireland Social Care Council and make provision for the registration, regulation and training of social care workers; to make provision about the recovery of charges in connection with the treatment of road traffic casualties in health services hospitals; to amend the law about the health and personal social services; to confer power to regulate the profession of pharmaceutical chemist; and for connected purposes.	2001 c. 3
Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.	2001 c. 4
Ground Rents Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to make provision for the redemption of certain ground rents and other periodic payments.	2001 c. 5
Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to make provision about government resources and accounts; and for connected purposes.	2001 c. 6
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the years ending 31st March 2001 and 2002; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes and amend certain appropriations in aid for the year ending 31st March 2001; to authorise the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; and to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for the year ending 31st March 2002.	2001 c. 7
Street Trading Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to make provision for the regulation by district councils of street trading in their districts.	2001 c. 8
Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to make provision to facilitate the use of electronic communications and electronic data storage.	2001 c. 9
Defective Premises (Landlord's Liability) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to amend the law as to the liability of landlords for injury or damage caused to persons through defects in the state of premises let under certain tenancies.	2001 c. 10
Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to make provision for giving effect to the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption concluded at the Hague on 29th May 1993; to make further provision in relation to adoptions with an international element; and for connected purposes.	2001 c. 11
Family Law Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to make further provision for the acquisition of parental responsibility under Article 7 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; and to provide for certain presumptions of parentage and for tests to determine parentage.	2001 c. 12
Product Liability (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to amend Part II of the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.	2001 c. 13
Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to amend the law relating to trustees and persons having the investment powers of trustees; and for connected purposes.	2001 c. 14
Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to rename the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment as the Department for Employment and Learning.	2001 c. 15
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31st March 2002; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources (including accruing resources) for the year ending 31st March 2002; and to repeal certain spent enactments.	2001 c. 16
Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001	An Act to make provision, for the purposes of the law relating to social security, about the obtaining and disclosure of information; and to make provision for restricting the payment of social security benefits in the case of persons convicted of offences relating to such benefits and about the institution of proceedings for such offences; and for connected purposes.	2001 c. 17

2002

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 7
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 3
Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 6
Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 11
Game Preservation (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 2
Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 9
Industrial Development Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 1
Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 12
Local Government (Best Value) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 4
Open-Ended Investment Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 13
Personal Social Services (Preserved Rights) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 5
Railway Safety Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 8
Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 10
State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c. 14

2007

Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 c. 1
Children (Emergency Protection Orders) Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 c. 3
Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 c. 2

2008

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 11
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 3
Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 12
Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 10
Commission for Victims and Survivors Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 6
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 2
Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 8
Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 7
Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 9
Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 13
Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 1
Public Health (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 5
Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 c. 4

2009

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 7
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 5
Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 4
Financial Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 2
Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 9
Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 1
Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 6
Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 3
Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 c. 8

2010s

2010

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 8
Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 11
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 6
Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 16
Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 3
Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 1
Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 12
Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 10
Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 2
Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 9
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 7
Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Transfer of Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 4
Roads (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 14
Unsolicited Services (Trade and Business Directories) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 15
Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 5
Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 c. 13

2011

Allowances to Members of the Assembly (Repeal) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 8
Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 17
Autism Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 27
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (repealed) c. 29
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (repealed) c. 14
Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 12
Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 20
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 23
Commissioner for Older People Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 1
Construction Contracts (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 4
Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 28
Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 9
Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 13
Energy Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 6
High Hedges Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 21
Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 22
Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 24
Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 18
Local Government Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 10
Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 25
Safeguarding Board Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 7
Single Use Carrier Bags Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 26
Student Loans (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 2
Sunbeds Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 19
Tourism (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 3
Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 11
Waste and Contaminated Land (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 5
Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 16
Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 15

2012

Air Passenger Duty (Setting of Rate) Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 c. 5
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 c. 4
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 c. 2
Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 c. 3
Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 c. 1

2013

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 9
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 4
Business Improvement Districts Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 5
Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 3
Civil Service (Special Advisers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 8
Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 7
Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 2
Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 10
Superannuation Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 1
Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 c. 6

2014

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 10
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 3
Carrier Bags Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 7
Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 12
Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 6
Health and Social Care (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 5
Legal Aid and Coroners‘ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 11
Licensing of Pavement Cafés Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 9
Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 8
Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 2
Road Races (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 1
Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 4

2015

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 7
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 4
Children's Services Co-operation Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 10
Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 2
Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 9
Off-street Parking (Functions of District Councils) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 3
Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 6
Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 5
Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 8
Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 c. 1

2016

Addressing Bullying in Schools Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 25
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 10
Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 29
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 30
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 9
Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 16
Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 5
Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 15
Environmental Better Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 13
Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 27
Food Hygiene Rating Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 3
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 26
Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 23
Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 12
Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 22
Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 17
Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 2
Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 21
Land Acquisition and Compensation (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 28
Legal Complaints and Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 14
Licensing Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 24
Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 18
Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 1
Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 4
Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 6
Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 11
Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 19
Shared Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 20
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 8
Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 7

2020s

2020

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 c. 3
Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 c. 6
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 c. 1
Executive Committee (Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 c. 4
Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 c. 5
Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 c. 2

2021

Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 c. 5
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 c. 4
Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 c. 2
Functioning of Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 c. 3
Harbours (Grants and Loans Limit) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 c. 1
Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 c. 7
Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 c. 8
Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 c. 6

2022

Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 18
Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 9
Autism (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 13
Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 14
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 6
Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 11
Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 31
Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 4
Damages (Return on Investment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 1
Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 30
Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 27
Fair Employment (School Teachers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 23
Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 8
General Teaching Council (Directions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 29
Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 3
Horse Racing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 2
Hospital Parking Charges Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 24
Integrated Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 15
Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 19
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 16
Non-domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 12
Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 10
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 5
Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 25
Preservation of Documents (Historical Institutions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 26
Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 20
Protection from Stalking Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 17
School Age Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 21
Social Security (Terminal Illness) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 7
Support for Mortgage Interest etc (Security for Loans) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 28
Welfare Supplementary Payments (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 22

2023

Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act (Northern Ireland) 2023 c. 1

2024

Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2024 c. 1
Defective Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 2024 c. 3
Hospital Parking Charges Act (Northern Ireland) 2024 c. 2