ASSEMBLY LEGISLATION
From this page you can view the progress of each Public Bill through the various stages of the legislative process. This page will be updated each Friday morning.
To access the Bill, associated explanatory and financial memorandum, Notices and Marshalled List of Amendments and any amended version of the Bill, as it passes through the legislative stages , click on the title of the appropriate bill from the table below.
Stages in Consideration of Bill
First Stage: Introduction of Bill
Second Stage: A debate on the general principles of the Bill.
Committee Stage: Detailed investigation by a Committee which concludes with the publication of a report for consideration by the Assembly
Consideration Stage Concluded: Consideration of, and an opportunity for Members to vote on, all the details of the Bill, including amendments proposed to the Bill
Further Consideration Stage:Consideration by the Assembly of, and an opportunity for Members to vote on, any further amendments to the Bill
Final Stage:Passing or rejecting of Bill by the Assembly, without further amendment
Royal Assent
Session 2001-2002
Executive Bills
Name of the Bill and Number |
First Stage |
Second Stage |
Committee Stage |
Consideration Stage Concluded |
Further Consideration Stage |
Final Stage |
Royal Assent |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | Report Date | |||||||
| + Carers and Direct Payments Bill NIA Bill 1/01 |
26.11.01 | 04.12.01 | 28.02.02 | 06.02.02 | 04.03.02 | 12.03.02 | 08.04.02 | 02.05.02 |
| / Budget Bill NIA Bill 2/01 |
12.02.02 | 18.02.02 | 19.02.02 | 25.02.02 | 26.02.02 | 20.03.02 | ||
| Railway Safety Bill NIA Bill 3/01 |
18.02.02 | 26.02.02 | 24.05.02 | 10.05.02 | 11.06.02 | 24.06.02 | 13.07.02 | 13.08.02 |
| / Personal Social Services (Preserved Rights) Bill NIA Bill 4/01 |
18.02.02 | 19.02.02 | 25.02.02 | 26.02.02 | 04.03.02 | 26.03.02 | ||
| *Children (Leaving Care) Bill NIA Bill 5/01 |
04.03.02 | 19.03.02 | 26.06.02 | 26.06.02 | 16.09.02 | 24.09.02 | 07.10.02 | 22.11.02 |
| *Health and Personal Social Services Bill NIA Bill 6/01 |
04.03.02 | 12.03.02 | 07.06.02 | 07.06.02 | 24.06.02 | 03.07.02 | 09.09.02 | 04.10.02 |
| #*Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill NIA Bill 7/01 | 07.05.02 | 20.05.02 |
17.10.02 | 04.10.02 | ||||
| #*Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill NIA Bill 8/01 | 13.05.02 | 21.05.02 |
~ | 05.07.02 | 07.10.02 | |||
| *Limited Liability Partnerships Bill NIA Bill 9/01 | 13.05.02 | 21.05.02 |
04.07.02 | 16.09.02 | 30.09.02 | 08.10.02 | 22.11.02 | |
| *Open-Ended Investment Companies Bill NIA Bill 10/01 | 20.05.02 | 28.05.02 | 04.07.02 | 16.09.02 | 30.09.02 | 08.10.02 | 22.11.02 | |
| #*Employment Bill NIA Bill 11/01 | 28.05.02 | 05.06.02 | 18.10.02 | 27.09.02 | 07.10.02 | |||
| #*Planning (Amendment) Bill 12/01 | 10.06.02 | 24.06.02 | 29.11.02 | Interim Report - 10.10.02 | ||||
| #*Local Air Quality Management Bil 13/01 | 10.06.02 | 18.06.02 | 29.11.02 | Interim Report - 10.10.02 | ||||
| #*Insolvency Bill 14/01 | 10.06.02 | 18.06.02 | 11.09.02 | |||||
| #*Company Directors Disqualification Bill 15/01 | 10.06.02 | 18.06.02 | 29.07.02 | 23.09.02 | 07.10.02 | |||
| Budget (No. 2) Bill 16/01 | 11.06.02 | 17.06.02 | 18.06.02 | 24.06.02 | 25.06.02 | 12.08.02 |
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| #*Strategic Planning Bill 17/01 | 11.06.02 | 25.06.02 | 25.11.02 | |||||
| #*Marriage Bill 18/01 | 17.06.02 | 25.06.02 | 04.11.02 | |||||
| #*Pollution Prevention and Control Bill 19/01 | 17.06.02 | 25.06.02 | 04.10.02 | |||||
| #*Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 20/01 | 24.06.02 | 02.07.02 | 22.11.02 | |||||
| #*Education and Libraries Bill 21/01 | 24.06.02 | 02.07.02 | 22.11.02 | |||||
| #*Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Bill 22/01 | 24.06.02 | 03.07.02 | 22.11.02 | |||||
| #*Housing Support Services Bill 23/01 | 25.06.02 | 03.07.02 | 13.12.02 | |||||
| #*Housing Bill 24/01 | 25.06.02 | 03.07.02 | 13.12.02 | |||||
# Due to suspension an Order in Council was made under paragraph (1) of the schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000. For details of an individual Order to track the progress of an individual Order in Council please refer to here.
* Bill carried over to 2002-2003 by the Assembly as Royal Assent had not been achieved.
/ Bill progressing by accelerated passage.
+ Introduced as Personal Social Services (Amendment) Bill.
Session 2001-2002
Non-Executive Bills
Name of the Bill and Number |
First Stage |
Second Stage
| Committee Stage |
Consideration Stage Concluded |
Further Consideration Stage |
Final Stage |
Royal Assent |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extension |
Report Date |
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| 30.04.01 | ||||||||
Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (Assembly Standards) Bill NIA Bill 25/00 |
02.07.02 | |||||||
View the Bills from the 2000-2001 session
View the Bills from the 1999-2000 session