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Company law in Northern Ireland

Company formation, governance, directors, ownership, filings, and corporate obligations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

379 matching statutes

• Northern Ireland

  Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

  2 provisions

  This provision defines key terms, gives the Department rule-making powers, and sets core animal welfare offences and enforcement powers.

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• Northern Ireland

  Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970

  2 provisions

  The Ministry can make harbour orders, while harbour authorities have charging, reporting, and compliance duties, and some failures can be offences.

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• Northern Ireland

  Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

  3 provisions

  This Act establishes the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman and sets rules for complaints, investigations, reporting, and complaints-handling procedures for listed authorities.

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  The Quarries (Northern Ireland) Order 1983

  1 provisions

  This Order defines quarry-related terms, sets an annual return duty for quarry owners/occupiers/agents, bans child employment in quarries, limits some young persons’ work in quarries using machinery, and creates offences for contraventions.

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  The Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

  1 provisions

  The Department controls when the Order starts, can regulate pilot schemes, and must publish and review them.

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  Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966

  6 provisions

  The Ministry and Department are given extensive powers and duties over fisheries and angling, including development, permits, schemes, grants, and regulations; several activities require approval or a licence, and some unlicensed or non-compliant conduct is an offence.

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  King George VI Memorial Youth Council Act (Northern Ireland) 1957

  1 provisions

  This Act sets up the King George VI Northern Ireland Youth Council, gives it functions and powers, and puts reporting, accounting, membership, meeting, and land-dealing rules around it.

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• Northern Ireland

  Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

  1 provisions

  The Act requires mine owners to secure and maintain barriers or similar devices at abandoned or long-unworked mines, and it creates offences and penalties for contraventions.

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  New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965

  2 provisions

  The provision sets out how the Minister, the Ministry, and new town commissions can create and manage new towns, including land acquisition, directions, reporting, byelaws, and municipal functions.

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• Northern Ireland

  Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

  3 provisions

  This provision vests most minerals in Northern Ireland in the Ministry of Commerce and sets out exceptions, registration steps, notice requirements, mining powers, and compensation rules.

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  The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987

  3 provisions

  This provision sets up the adoption framework, defines key terms, gives HSC trusts duties, restricts who may arrange adoptions, and sets several offences, notices, and timing rules.

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  The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

  5 provisions

  This provision defines key child support terms and sets out when a non-resident parent must pay maintenance, when the Department may collect or enforce it, and several limits on applications, court powers, appeals, offences, and inspection powers.

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