Devolved administration

Government.

A local or subsidiary body that exercises powers delegated or transferred to it from a central or higher-level body.

For example, the governmental devolved administrations in the UK are the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government.

See also

• Administration
• Devolved
• Devolved matters
• Executive
• Northern Ireland Executive
• Parliament
• Reserved matters
• Scottish Government
• Subsidiarity
• Welsh Government