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Period: 1536 to 1536
WALES - ACT OF SXVI: formally joined Wales to England
The systems applying in England were largely applied to Wales,and they became a unit for purposes of legal jurisdiction. -
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SXVII - Scotland - Accession of James I to the throne of England
this marked a personal union of the monarchy of the two countries -
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S XVIII - SCOTLAND ACT 1707
Union of the two countries was completed and the combined nation of Great Britain created with the Westminster Parliament as its law-making body.
-Scotland retained some of its distinctive features (its legal and judicial system) -
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SXIX - NORTHERN IRELAND - ACTS OF UNION 1800
Parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. -
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SXIX - Northern Ireland
The Dublin Parliament was abolished and 100 MPs joined Westminster, but they kept their own courts of justice and legal system. -
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SXX - Wales Act 1978
failed - devolved government did not come into effect -
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SXX - Scotland Act 1978 for the devolution of power to Scotland - it failed
reassertions of NATIONALISM -
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Government of Wales Act 1998
-Devolution of government of Wales
-Creation of the National Assembly of Wales (this body was essentially an executive and administrative body. The legislative powers delegated to it were secondary.) BUT after GOVERNMENT WALES ACT 2006 this Assembly can make laws in their own right. -
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Northern Ireland Act 1998
It established a devolved legislature for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly, after decades of direct rule from Westminster Parliament. -
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1998 - Northern Ireland Assembly
- First Minister -Devolved power as regards economic and social issues such as education, health, agriculture -Westminster's reserved power as regards import-export control, firearms and explosives, intellectual property, etc.
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SXX - Scotland Act 1998
The Scottish Parliament:
-single chamber
-First past the post (single majority) and the proportional representation
-First Minister, the head of the executive (part of executive and part of legislative power) -
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from 2006 onwards: The National Assembly for Wales
-Single chamber
-members elected by first past the post an proportional representation
-primary legislative power (are able to make laws). this can only operate on the basis of agreement w/ the Westminster Parliament