List of orders in Council for Northern Ireland explained

This is a list of orders in Council for Northern Ireland which are primary legislation[1] for the region in the absence of a devolved legislature, and also for those powers not devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The statutory instruments containing the legislation are numbered in the main UK series (SI number) with a sub-series (NI number) denoting their position in the Northern Ireland legislation for the year.[2]

1972-19791980-19891990-19992000-20092015-2016
198019902000
198119912001
1972198219922002
1973198319932003
1974198419942004
19751985199520052015
19761986199620062016
1977198719972007
1978198819982008
1979198919992009

1972–1979

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980–1989

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990–1999

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000–Present

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2015

2016

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Notes and References

  1. Section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 provides that, in that Act, Orders in Council made under section 38(1)(a) of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, or under the corresponding provision of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, are primary legislation.
  2. Holborn, Guy. Butterworths Legal Research Guide. Second Edition. Butterworths. 2001. Pages 84, 258, 259. "Northern Ireland Orders in Council" (1998) 29 The Law Librarian 97 (No 2, 2 June 1998). Dickson, Brice. Law in Northern Ireland. Third Edition. Hart Publishing. 2018. Para 3.28 at p 62.