Editing Parliament of Northern Ireland (section)

==Legislation==
Stormont was given power to legislate over almost all aspects of Northern Ireland life, with only a few matters excluded from its remit, the most important of which are: succession to the Crown, making of peace or war, armed forces, honours, naturalisation, some central taxes and postal services (a full list is in section 4 of the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]]). The Parliament did not try to infringe the terms of the Government of Ireland Act; on only one occasion did the United Kingdom government advise the King to withhold royal assent. This was the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland){{which|date=November 2021}} which abolished proportional representation in local government elections; the issue was referred to London and royal assent was eventually given. The output of legislation was high for a devolved Parliament, though some of the Acts were adaptations of recently passed acts by the United Kingdom parliament.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} It was nominally prohibited by section 16 of the Schedule to the [[Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922]] from making any law which directly or indirectly discriminated against a religion, although this provision had little effect.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}