Northern Ireland Act 1947

1 Power as regards certain schemes extending athwart land frontier

(1) This section applies to schemes for one or more of the following matters, namely.—

(a) the use or development of water power for the purpose of generating electricity or for any other purpose ;

(b) the storage or supply of water ;

(c) the drainage or irrigation of land;

(d) the supply of electricity ;

(e) the provision, maintenance, improvement, alteration or abandonment of highways, railways, inland waterways or bridges ;

being schemes extending as well to the portion of Ireland outside the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Northern Ireland as to the portion of Ireland within the jurisdiction of that Parliament but not further.

(2) Neither—

(a) the general limitation imposed by section four of the [10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67.] Government of Ireland Act, 1920 (in this Act referred to as " the principal Act "), confining the legislative power of the Parliament of Northern Ireland to the making of laws in respect of matters exclusively relating to the portion of Ireland within their jurisdiction or some part thereof; nor

(b) the specific limitations imposed by paragraphs (4) and (7) of that section precluding that Parliament from making laws in respect of relations with foreign states or relations with other parts of His Majesty's dominions or in respect of trade with any place out of the part of Ireland within their jurisdiction,

shall apply to the making by that Parliament of laws with respect to schemes to which this section applies or for giving effect to arrangements or agreements entered into for the purposes of any such schemes ; and section six of the principal Act (which precludes the Parliament of Northern Ireland from repealing or altering a provision of an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom after the appointed day and extending to the part of Ireland within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Northern Ireland although the provision deals with a matter with respect to which that-Parliament have power to make laws) shall not preclude the Parliament of Northern Ireland from effecting, as respects Northern Ireland, by a law made as aforesaid any requisite consequential repeal or alteration of a provision of an Act passed as aforesaid.

(3) Accordingly, the reference in subsection (8) of section eight of the principal Act (which section relates to the exercise of executive power in Northern Ireland) to matters with respect to which the Parliament of Northern Ireland have, under the provisions thereinbefore contained, no power to make laws, shall be construed as not including schemes to which this section applies.