Northern Ireland Act 1998
Entrenched enactments.
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Provision
- 7
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source1 Subject to subsections (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— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b the Human Rights Act 1998; ... c section 43(1) to (6) and (8), section 67, sections 84 to 86B , section 95(3) and (4) and section 98 .... d section 1 and section 84 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002. ; ... e the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ; and f the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A Subsection (1) does not prevent an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation modifying— ba any excluded provision of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, or c any regulations made under that Act. 2B 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.
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Northern Ireland Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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