Road Transport Issues
Vehicles There is an EU directive on the dimensions and maximum weight authorised for national and international traffic. Member states may not authorise normal use on roads of goods that are outside the ...
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NI Governance Background
1921-1972 The island of Ireland formerly constituted a single country and legal system which prior to 1919/22 was part of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland was established as a separate legal system by the ...
NI Devolution
Northern Ireland Act The Northern Ireland Act 1998 as amended, in effect comprises the Constitution of Northern Ireland. It declares that Northern Ireland in its entirety remains part of the United Kingdom and shall ...
North-South Arrangements
North / South Ministerial Council The North/South Ministerial Council was established to bring together those with executive responsibilities in Northern Ireland and the Irish Government, to develop consultation, ...
NI Executive
First and Deputy First Minister Within seven days after the meeting of the Assembly, the offices of the First Minister and deputy First Minister are filled, in accordance with the following provisions. The largest ...
NI Assembly
Holding Elections Elections are to take place in the first Thursday in May in every fourth calendar year following that for which the predecessor was elected. This term was extended to five years by the Northern ...
July 2018 White Paper
Digital Digital is a fast evolving, innovative, sector that is driving economic transformation across the world. Digital sectors contributed £116.5 billion to the UK economy in 2016, representing 6.7 percent of GVA. ...
Broadcasting & Digital
Broadcasting The Audio-Visual Media Services Directive underpins the single market in broadcasting. It covers both traditional broadcast and on-demand services. It sets minimum regulatory standards that states and ...
Privacy & Communications
Data Protection Law The EU has been central in promoting data protection laws. The EU data protection directive applies to data processed by an automated means such as a computer or contained in or intended to be ...
E-Privacy
Unsolicited Communications to (Persons) I A person shall not use or cause to be used any publicly available electronic communications service to send to a subscriber or user who is a natural person an unsolicited ...
Distance Contracts
EU Consumer Rights Directive The Consumer Rights Directive 2011 modifies and supplements the law set out in the earlier Distance Selling and Doorstep Contracts Regulations. There are five principal categories of ...
E-Commerce
Overview E-Commerce is business conducted over the internet. For the most part, the general legal rules apply to E-Commerce. The law of contract, the Sale of Goods Act and the consumer protection rules apply in the ...
GDPR & Data Protection
Data Protection Legislation and Reform Data protection law restricts the collection, storage and use of personal data. Personal data is that which concerns a living person. The objective is to protect privacy and to ...
Food Safety Pre-Consumer
EU Food Hygiene Law The purpose of food legislation is to prevent or eliminate risks arising either directly or via the environment for humans and animals and reduce risks to an acceptable level. to guarantee fair ...
Importation and Movement
Import of live animals. There are a number of directives dealing with both the import and transit of animals. One category of directives deals with imports from outside the EU whereas another category deal with ...
Conversion and Retention of EU Law
Repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 The Withdrawal Act repeals the European Communities Act on exit day. The ECA is the principal piece of domestic legislation passed by the UK Parliament which gives effect ...
Proposed Economic Partnership
Economic partnership Following the decision of the people of the UK in the referendum, the UK is leaving the EU, and as a result will leave the Single Market and the Customs Union – seizing new opportunities and ...
Goods (UK White Paper)
Free Trade Area Regulatory frameworks draw a distinction between goods, which are physical products that tangibly cross a border, and services. The UK proposes the establishment of a free trade area for goods, ...
Freedom of Movement (UK White Paper)
Framework for mobility EU citizens are integral to communities across the UK, with 3.5 million EU citizens living in the UK.22 Approximately 800,000 UK nationals play an equally important role in communities across ...
Proposed Trade Policy (UK White Paper)
Independent trade policy The UK’s proposal for its future economic partnership with the EU would provide a strong foundation for the UK to establish a broad and ambitious independent trade policy with the rest of the ...