Northern Ireland. Assembly

LC control no.	n 50034139
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Northern Ireland. Assembly *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	New Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland. New Northern Ireland Assembly
See also	Northern Ireland. Parliament *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Its Journals of the proceedings ... 1973- Northern Ireland Office WWW home page, Feb. 16, 2000: (Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972, the govt. of NI was suspended and executive powers exercised by Secretary of State, from Mar 1972-Jan 1974; devolution of powers to an Assembly under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, Jan to May 1974; (Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998) under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement: "there shall be an Assembly called the New Northern Ireland Assembly"; since then discharge of functions by NI Office Ministers, with Assembly prorogued 11 Feb. 2000; power resumed midnight 29 May 2000) Political handbook of the world, 1998: p. 981 (former bicameral Northern Ireland Parliament replaced by unicameral Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973; Assembly functioned 1973-74 and 1982-86) Wikipedia WWW Site, 25 May 2006: Northern Ireland Assembly page (Assembly first established in 1973 & abolished in 1974; in 1982 another Northern Ireland Assembly was established, initially as a scrutinising body for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland but was officially dissolved in 1986; re-convened in 1998 but has been suspended on a number of occasions; the current period of suspension began in October 2002)