Employment law in Northern Ireland | Esheria Regulatory Atlas

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Employment law in Northern Ireland

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

570 matching statutes

  • Northern Ireland

    Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945

    1 provisions

    This Act sets rules for criminal justice procedure in Northern Ireland, including where indictable offences may be tried, how corporations are to plead, limits on court photography, child destruction offences, and court powers over fines and recognizances.

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  • Northern Ireland

    Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

    7 provisions

    This provision sets the child-welfare test for adoption decisions, defines adoption service terms, assigns duties to adoption authorities and the Department, and creates several offences and restrictions around placement, removal, and contact.

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  • Northern Ireland

    The Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

    4 provisions

    This Order sets the rules for registering and running credit unions in Northern Ireland, including registration conditions, naming rules, membership limits, share and loan rules, and several FCA/PRA requirements.

  • Northern Ireland

    Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966

    6 provisions

    The Ministry and Department are given extensive powers and duties over fisheries and angling, including development, permits, schemes, grants, and regulations; several activities require approval or a licence, and some unlicensed or non-compliant conduct is an offence.

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  • Northern Ireland

    The Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

    1 provisions

    The Order lets the Department set and enforce conditions on grant-funded institutions’ fee limits through approved plans, and it gives the Department powers to approve plans, issue guidance, and make regulations.

  • Northern Ireland

    Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953

    2 provisions

    This provision gives the Department of Justice primary responsibility for prisons and lets the Secretary of State and Department make prison rules, subject to consultation and other conditions.

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