Explanatory Notes Contents

Preface

Part I - Preliminary

1 The Union

2 Sovereignty

3 Welsh Version

4 Ulster Scots Version

5 Irish Version

Part II - The Constitutional Convention

6 The Constitutional Convention

7 Duration

8 Renumeration

9 Legal officers

10 Financing

Part III - Procedures of the Constitutional Convention

11 Procedural Senate

12 Presiding Officer and Clerk of the Assembly

13 Procedures

14 Privileges, Renumeration, etc

15 Dissolution and prorogation

16 Constituencies and number of members

17 Elections and franchise

18 Disqualification from membership of the Constitutional Convention

Part IV - Excepted Matters

19 The Constitution

20 The voluntary Union of sovereign peoples

21 Entrenchment of the European Convention on Human Rights

22 Entrenchment of elements of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement

23 Entrenchment of Treaty obligations

Part V - The Commonwealth, Crown Colonies, Dependent Territories, etc

24 Post-constitutional settlement of relations

Part VI - Ratification

25 Referendum

26 Question

Part VII - Miscellaneous

27 Role of Electoral Commission

28 Short title, interpretation and commencement

Schedules

Explanatory notes to Schedule A - Welsh Version

Explanatory notes to Schedule B - Ulster Scots Version

Explanatory notes to Schedule C - Irish Version

Explanatory notes to Schedule D - Form of oath or affirmation

Explanatory notes to Schedule E - Electoral Regions

Explanatory notes to Schedule F - Amendments To The Representation Of The People Act 1983