| 词条 | Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 |
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|short_title = Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 |type = NI Act |parliament = Northern Ireland Assembly |long_title = An Act to reduce the number of members of the Assembly returned for each constituency. |year = 2016 |citation = 2016 c. 29 |introduced_by = Stewart Dickson |territorial_extent = Northern Ireland |si_made_date = |si_laid_date = |royal_assent = 22 July 2016 |commencement = 2 March 2017 |repeal_date = |replaces = |primary_legislation = |eu_directives = |amendments = |related_legislation = |repealing_legislation= |status = Current |original_text = http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/29 |legislation_history = |use_new_UK-LEG = yes |UK-LEG_title = |revised_text = |theyworkforyou = |millbankhansard = }} The Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 is a 2016 Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. It provided for a reduction of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the Assembly from 108 to 90 for the first election following the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[1] HistoryThe Northern Ireland Act 1998, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom following the Good Friday Agreement, established the Northern Ireland Assembly and declared that each Assembly constituency would elect six members.[2] In 2014, during consideration of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, the House of Lords added an amendment to the bill to reduce the number of MLAs based upon Northern Irish popular opinion that the Northern Ireland Assembly was too large.[3] The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the House of Commons supported the amendment that provided the Assembly the power to vote to reduce itself in size providing there was sufficient cross-community support.[4] The Democratic Unionist Party supported this and circulated a white paper proposing a reduction in MLAs and fewer departments in the Northern Ireland Executive.[5] The deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness supported the proposal after Sinn Féin had initially opposed the reduction.[6] PassageIn 2015 the bill was introduced into the Northern Ireland Assembly by the Alliance Party's Stewart Dickson.[7] It provided that the number of members elected in each of the 18 constituencies would be reduced from six to five.[1] The bill was passed unanimously with no dissenting votes.[8] Royal assent was granted by Queen Elizabeth II on 22 July 2016 with the intent was that the bill would come into force at the next election for the Northern Ireland Assembly.[9][10] In 2017, McGuinness resigned as deputy First Minister following the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal with the DUP's Arlene Foster declining Sinn Féin's calls to step down as First Minister of Northern Ireland. As a result, Sinn Féin refused to nominate a successor which caused the Northern Ireland Executive to collapse due to requiring cross-community support. Because of the collapse of the Executive, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; James Brokenshire was obliged to dissolve the Assembly under the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and called a snap election to be held on 2 March 2017.[11] As a result, the implementation of the act was brought forward. This meant the 2017 Assembly election would be the first held under the Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 with 90 MLAs being returned instead of 108.[12][10] References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/29/section/1 |title=Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |date=2016-08-12 |accessdate=2017-01-18}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/33|title=Northern Ireland Act 1998|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|date=2007-10-05|accessdate=2017-01-18}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/assembly-urged-to-reduce-its-size-30087004.html|title=Assembly urged to reduce its size|publisher=Belfast Telegraph|accessdate=2017-01-18}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/royal-assent-for-northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014|title=Royal Assent for Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|date=2014-03-13|accessdate=2017-01-18}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29935510|title=Northern Ireland talks process: Cut Stormont down to size? |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2017-01-18}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29235871|title=Martin McGuinness backs smaller Northern Ireland Assembly|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2017-01-18}} 7. ^{{cite web|author=TheyWorkForYou |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/ni/?id=2015-11-23.7.10&s=%22Assembly+Members+%28Reduction+of+Numbers%29+Bill%22#g7.12 |title=MLAs: Reduction in Number: 23 Nov 2015: Northern Ireland Assembly debates |publisher=TheyWorkForYou |date=2015-11-23 |accessdate=2017-01-18}} 8. ^{{cite web|author=TheyWorkForYou |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/ni/?id=2016-02-23.4.77 |title=Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Bill: Final Stage: 23 Feb 2016: Northern Ireland Assembly debates |publisher=TheyWorkForYou |date=2016-02-23 |accessdate=2017-01-18}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/29/notes |title=Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 - Explanatory Notes |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-01-18}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|first=Nicholas |last=Whyte |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/north-looking-at-a-new-election-landscape-1.2932155 |title=North looking at a new election landscape |publisher=Irish Times |date=2017-01-10 |accessdate=2017-01-18}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0116/845184-northern-ireland/ |title=Election set for March as Stormont to be dissolved |publisher=RTÉ |date= |accessdate=2017-01-18}} 12. ^{{cite web|author=1 |url=http://www.itv.com/news/utv/2017-01-17/ni-gains-must-not-be-derailed-by-election-brokenshire/ |title=NI ‘must not be derailed’ by election - Brokenshire |publisher=ITV |date=2016-05-24 |accessdate=2017-01-18}} 3 : 2016 in Northern Ireland|Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly|Election law in the United Kingdom |
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