{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Entrenched enactments.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsections (2A) and (2B), the following enactments shall not be modified by an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation made, confirmed or approved by a Minister or Northern Ireland department—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) the Human Rights Act 1998; ...\n(c) section 43(1) to (6) and (8), section 67, sections 84 to 86B, section 95(3) and (4) and section 98 ....\n(d) section 1 and section 84 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.; ...\n(e) the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018; and\n(f) the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2A) Subsection (1) does not prevent an Act of the Assembly or subordinate legislation modifying—\n(ba) any excluded provision of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, or\n(c) any regulations made under that Act.\n(2B) For the purposes of subsection (2A)(ba), the following are excluded provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018—\n(a) section 1B(3) and (4),\n(b) sections 8A to 8C,\n(c) section 10(3) and (4),\n(d) sections 13A and 13B,\n(e) sections 15A to 15C,\n(f) Parts 1A to 1C of Schedule 2,\n(g) paragraphs 1(11) and (12), 2(12) and (13) and 8A to 8G of Schedule 7, and\n(h) paragraph 21 of Schedule 8.\n(3) In this Act “Minister”, unless the context otherwise requires, means the First Minister, the deputy First Minister or a Northern Ireland Minister.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) substituted (23.1.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), s. 42(6)(e)(vi), Sch. 5 para. 24(2) (with s. 38(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 51(2)(b) (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with regs. 10, 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 7(1) repealed (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), s. 87(1), Sch. 13; S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 21(r)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 7(1)(c) substituted (11.3.2009) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 30(1), 31, Sch. 4 para. 10; S.I. 2009/448, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 7(1)(c) omitted (26.6.2018) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(1)(b), Sch. 3 para. 51(2)(c) (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(d) and word inserted (16.4.2007) by 2002 c. 26, ss. 84(1), 87(1); S.R. 2007/237, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 7(1)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (c. 27), ss. 54(3)(a), 59(3) (with s. 55(2)); S.I. 2020/1621, reg. 2(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(e) and word inserted (26.6.2018) by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(1)(b), Sch. 3 para. 51(2)(d) (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(f) and word inserted (31.12.2020) by United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (c. 27), ss. 54(3)(b), 59(3) (with s. 55(2)); S.I. 2020/1621, reg. 2(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 7(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 51(3) (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with regs. 10, 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 7(2A) inserted (26.6.2018) by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(1)(b), Sch. 3 para. 51(4) (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 7(2A)(ba) substituted for s. 7(2A)(a)(b) (23.1.2020) by European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), s. 42(6)(e)(vi), Sch. 5 para. 24(3) (with s. 38(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "S. 7(2B) inserted (23.1.2020) by European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), s. 42(6)(e)(vi), Sch. 5 para. 24(4) (with s. 38(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1988 c.42."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}