PBNI is bound by a wide range of legislation which can be accessed via the links below. Useful website links are also provided at the bottom of the page.
- The Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
- The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
- The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
- The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2004
- The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
- The Criminal Law (Northern Ireland) Act 1967
- The Criminal Law Act 1977
- The Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
- The Sex Offenders Act 1997
- The Sexual Offences Act 2003
- The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
- The Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001
- The Life Sentence Review Commissioners Rules 2001
- The Parole Commissioners’ Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009
- The Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) (Northern Ireland) Rules 2009
- Crime (Sentences) Act 1997
- The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
- The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003
- Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
- Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923
- Disposal of documents Order 1925 No. 167
- Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
- The Housing Support Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
- The Northern Ireland Act 1998
- Data Protection Act 2018
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- The Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
- Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
- United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules) 1990
- The Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
- Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007
- Protection of Freedoms Act 2012