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Northern Ireland legislation

The Legislation.gov.uk website brings together the legislation held on the OPSI website and revised legislation from the Statute Law Database. The site is hosted by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government. This part of the site provides access to Northern Irish legislation including Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly (2000 onwards), Acts of the Northern Ireland Parliament (1921 to 1972), Acts of the Old Irish Parliament (1495 to 1800) and Northern Ireland Statutory rules. These can be browsed or searched separately.

Bloody Sunday Inquiry

Bloody Sunday is the name commonly used to describe the incident on 30th January 1972 when a number of protesters were shot and killed by the RUC/armed forces in Northern Ireland. A re-investigation of the events was ordered by the British government in 1998. The Inquiry was chaired by Lord Saville. Its multi-volume report is available here on archived pages of the UK Government website.

General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

Website of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland the statutory and independent body for the teaching profession in Northern Ireland. The site provides background and organisational information about the Council and gives details of consultations and a page of related web links. The Code of Values and Professional Practice, information about professional competencies and other publications can be downloaded from the site.

Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland

Official website of the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland whose role is to regulate the process by which many of the public appointments in Northern Ireland are made. The site makes available the code of practice and details of the bodies regulated by the Commissioner. Recent annual reports, guidance and other documentation can be downloaded along with investigations and complaints dealt with by the Commissioner.

Care Tribunal

Website of the Care Tribunal for Northern Ireland which was established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003. The Tribunal hears appeals against decisions relating to the regulation of residential care homes, nursing homes, children’s homes and nursing agencies. The site provides the names of the panel chairs and members and full text decisions of the Tribunal.

Insolvency Service

Website of the Northern Ireland Insolvency Service. The site provides information and guidance on the various issues dealt with by the Insolvency Service: bankruptcy; liquidation; partnerships and disqualification of directors. Full text insolvency legislation and downloadable forms are provided along with a searchable version of the Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) Register for Northern Ireland. There is guidance aimed at insolvency practitioners and a directory of insolvency practitioners in Northern Ireland.

Hansard 1803 to 2005

Digitised version of the official report of debates (Hansard) for the UK Parliament, from 1803 to 2005. Content can be browsed by year, MP, peer, constituency, act title, bill title or official position (e.g. Minister for Trade, Chief Whip). There is also a simple search facility. The digitisation project was directed by Parliament.

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is an independent body created by the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009. Its role is to scrutinise issues relating to allowances for members of the House of Lords and House of Commons. It was set up in the wake of the 2009 MPs expenses scandals. Its website provides information on its aims, function, remit and membership. It includes press releases, minutes of board meetings, a copy of the expenses scheme and other relevant documents.

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