This is a list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly passed in 2009. Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly are enacted by the Northern Ireland Assembly, which has legislative authority over devolved matters in relation to Northern Ireland under the authority of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.[1]
Acts are cited by calendar year, in the same fashion as acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each act passed in a respective year is given a chapter number (abbreviated "c.") denoted by Arabic numerals,[2] and citations are usually followed by the suffix "(N.I.)" so as to prevent confusion with acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom.
9 acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly were passed in 2009.
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Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
edit| Short title | Citation | Royal assent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long title | ||||
2009 c. 1 (N.I.) | 21 January 2009 | |||
An Act to make changes to the administrative structures for health and social care; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2009 c. 2 (N.I.) | 4 February 2009 | |||
An Act to enable the making by Northern Ireland departments of schemes for financial assistance in certain circumstances. | ||||
2009 c. 3 (N.I.) | 16 February 2009 | |||
An Act to make provision for, or in connection with, the abolition of certain public authorities. | ||||
2009 c. 4 (N.I.) | 2 March 2009 | |||
An Act to amend the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979. | ||||
2009 c. 5 (N.I.) | 6 March 2009 | |||
An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the years ending 31st March 2009 and 2010; 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 for the years ending 31st March 2009 and 2010; and to revise the limits on the use of certain accruing resources in the year ending 31st March 2009. | ||||
2009 c. 6 (N.I.) | 2 July 2009 | |||
An Act to make provision in relation to the presumed deaths of missing persons; and for connected purposes. | ||||
2009 c. 7 (N.I.) | 8 July 2009 | |||
An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31st March 2010; 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 2010; and to repeal certain spent provisions. | ||||
2009 c. 8 (N.I.) | 3 November 2009 | |||
An Act to amend the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977; to make provision relating to the sharing of certain social security information with the Department of Finance and Personnel and others; and to confer a temporary power to make grants to district councils. | ||||
2009 c. 9 (N.I.) | 15 December 2009 | |||
An Act to confer absolute privilege on certain reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland; to enable the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to incur expenditure for certain purposes; to enable the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister to incur expenditure for certain purposes; and to repeal the requirement on the Department of Finance and Personnel to prepare Finance Accounts. | ||||
References
edit- ^ Northern Ireland Act 1998, 1998 c. 47, s. 5.
- ^ Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954, 1954 c. 33 (N.I.), ss. 1(a) & 47(1); Interpretation Act 1978, 1978 c. 30, ss. 19(1) & 24(1).