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Explaining the background to devolution and how the legislatures and administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland work.
Advice for civil servants and policymakers on taking account of devolution when working on policies and managing services.
How the Northern Ireland administration is structured, what areas it legislates on, and links to its main departments.
Explainers relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill
Controls under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, prohibited weapons, applications for removal of prohibition and making an appeal.
Information about the UK Government’s commitment to “no diminution of rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity” in Northern Ireland.
Information for all those who have a legitimate interest in firearms, including the police, the public and firearms dealers.
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…
You can visit this working royal palace
This command paper sets out the use of the Petition of Concern Mechanism in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Code of Practice laid in Parliament
Code of Practice (Northern Ireland) for the authorisation and exercise of stop and search powers under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Details of the Northern Ireland Office's Firearms Purchase Scheme, which closed on 31 December 2012.
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…
A Written Ministerial Statement by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis, made on 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…
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
Find proposed negative statutory instruments (SIs) under the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Before the SIs are formally 'laid' in Parliament, they have to go through a sifting process. A new committee in the House of…
Equality scheme for the Northern Ireland Office
These Regulations are made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. They amend legislation which makes provision for when flags may be flown on government buildings and court houses in Northern Ireland. In particula…
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