Guidance and regulation

Information on the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR).

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and 1 others
• Updated: 9 April 2024

Explainers relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 25 May 2022

Information regarding aspects of education for service children in the UK, this will vary depending on where they live or may move to.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Updated: 21 October 2021

Controls under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, prohibited weapons, applications for removal of prohibition and making an appeal.

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 12 April 2013

Information about the UK Government’s commitment to “no diminution of rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity” in Northern Ireland.

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 7 August 2020

Information for all those who have a legitimate interest in firearms, including the police, the public and firearms dealers.

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 1 February 2005

The Secretary of State has issued guidance for the Victims' Payments Board. This guidance will support the independent Board when making decisions about applicants who have serious convictions or in other exceptional ci…

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 14 August 2020

This command paper sets out the use of the Petition of Concern Mechanism in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 11 February 2022

Code of Practice laid in Parliament

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 15 May 2013

Guidance on decision-making for Northern Ireland Departments until such times as it is amended by the Secretary of State, or until an Executive is formed, beginning with the day on which the Northern Ireland (Interim Arran…

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 25 May 2023

A Written Ministerial Statement by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis, made on 19 July 2021.

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 19 July 2021

Guidance on decision-making for Northern Ireland Departments until an Executive is formed or for the six month period beginning with the day on which the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 is passed (6 Decem…

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 19 December 2022

Update of the code of practice (Northern Ireland) for the authorisation and exercise of stop and search powers relating to sections 43, 43a, 43c and section 47a of, and schedule 6b to, the Terrorism Act 2000

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 11 October 2023

Equality scheme for the Northern Ireland Office

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 17 January 2014

Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) (Period in which Assembly not functioning) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2022

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 21 December 2022

A guide to claiming compensation from the Northern Ireland Office under the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 11 May 2017

Publication of documents relating to development of common frameworks. Included is an overview of the delivery process and an ‘outline framework’.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 3 July 2019

The following statement is published in conformance with the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 which was approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly under Section 11 of the Statistics and …

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 4 October 2018

The Secretary of State has today published further reports under the NI (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019

• From: Northern Ireland Office
• Updated: 18 December 2019

The draft principles for intergovernmental relations developed jointly by all four administrations are a foundation for the ways they will work together.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 3 July 2019