Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (Version in vigour from 2016-04-01 to )

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Currency	No known outstanding effects
Coming into Force	01 April 2016
commencementStatus	In Force

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Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
Part I: Preliminary

Status of Northern Ireland

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Devolution orders

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Part II: Legislative Powers and Executive Authorities

Legislative powers

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Executive authorities

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10: Attorney General for Northern Ireland.
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Relations with Republic of Ireland

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Financial provisions

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Part III: Prevention of Religious and Political Discrimination

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Part IV: The Northern Ireland Assembly

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Part V: Miscellaneous and Supplementary

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33: Preservation of pension rights of former members of Parliament of Northern Ireland and former Ministers.

34: Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
35: Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.

36: Provisions as to other Northern Ireland officers.

37: Provisions as to Joint Exchequer Board and other financial matters.

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41: Repeals.

42: Saving for existing laws.

43: Short title, interpretation and commencement.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Section 1.
Polls for Purposes of Section 1

SCHEDULE 2 Section 2.
Excepted Matters

SCHEDULE 3 Sections 2 and 3.
Minimum Reserved Matters on Appointed Day

SCHEDULE 4 Section 8.
Form of Oath or Affirmation under Section 8
SCHEDULE 5 Section 40.
General Adaptation of References to Institutions and Offices Abolished by this Act

SCHEDULE 6 Section 41.
Repeals

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