Countries of the United Kingdom | |
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Category | Administrative division |
Location | United Kingdom |
Found in | Legal jurisdictions |
Number | 4 |
Possible status |
NUTS 1 region (3) European constituency (3) Legal jurisdiction (2) |
Additional status | Home Nations |
Government |
Devolved legislature (3) None (1) |
Treaty of Union | 1706 |
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Acts of Union | 1707 |
Personal Union of 1714 | 1714 |
Wales and Berwick Act | 1746 |
Irish Constitution | 1782 |
Acts of Union | 1800 |
Government of Ireland Act | 1920 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty | 1921 |
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act | 1927 |
N. Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act | 1972 |
European Communities Act | 1972 |
Local Government Act | 1972 |
Local Government (Scotland) Act | 1973 |
Northern Ireland Assembly | 1973 |
N. Ireland Constitution Act | 1973 |
Referendum Act | 1975 |
Scotland Act | 1978 |
Wales Act | 1978 |
Local Government (Wales) Act | 1994 |
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act | 1994 |
Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act | 1997 |
Good Friday Agreement | 1998 |
Northern Ireland Act | 1998 |
Government of Wales Act | 1998 |
Scotland Act | 1998 |
Government of Wales Act | 2006 |
Northern Ireland Act | 2009 |
European Union Act | 2011 |
Scotland Act | 2012 |
Edinburgh Agreement | 2012 |
Wales Act | 2014 |
European Union Referendum Act | 2015 |
Scotland Act | 2016 |
Wales Act | 2017 |
The United Kingdom (UK) comprises four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Within the United Kingdom, a unitary sovereign state, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have gained a degree of autonomy through the process of devolution. The UK Parliament and British Government deal with all reserved matters for Northern Ireland and Scotland and all non-transferred matters for Wales, but not in general matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales. Additionally, devolution in Northern Ireland is conditional on co-operation between the Northern Ireland Executive and the Government of Ireland (see North/South Ministerial Council) and the British Government consults with the Government of Ireland to reach agreement on some non-devolved matters for Northern Ireland (see British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference). England, comprising the majority of the population and area of the United Kingdom, remains fully the responsibility of the UK Parliament centralised in London.