Northern Ireland Act 1998

Northern Ireland Act 1998
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make new provision for the government of Northern Ireland for the purpose of implementing the agreement reached at multi-party talks on Northern Ireland set out in Command Paper 3883.
Citation1998 c. 47
Introduced byMo Mowlam MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Commons)
Lord Dubs, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Lords)
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent19 November 1998
Other legislation
AmendsAct of Settlement 1701
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended


The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which allowed Westminster to devolve power to Northern Ireland, after decades of direct rule. The act translated the 1998 multi-party agreement into law.

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