Northern Ireland Act 2009

The Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It makes provision preparatory to the intended devolution of "policing and justice" to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[2]

Northern Ireland Act 2009^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision in relation to policing and justice in Northern Ireland; and to amend section 86 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Citation	2009 c 3
Introduced by	Shaun Woodward MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Commons) Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lords)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	12 March 2009
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Commencement

The whole Act has been brought into force.^[3]

Sections 1 and 3(2) and 4 and 5 came into force on 12 March 2009.^[4]

Paragraphs 35(1) and (3) of Schedule 4, so far as they relate to the President or other member of the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland, and section 2(3), so far as it relates to those provisions, came into force on 26 September 2009.^[5]

The following provisions came into force on 12 April 2010:^[6]

• Section 2, so far as not already in force
• Section 3(1)
• Schedules 2 and 3
• Schedule 4, so far as not already in force
• Schedules 5 and 6

See also

• Northern Ireland Act