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An Act to make such provisions as are consequential on or incidental to the establishment of the Irish Free State.
[5th December 1922]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1References in this Act to Irish Free State to be construed as references to Eire: Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act 1938 (c. 25), s. 1
(1) . . . F1 the First Schedule to this Act shall . . . F1 have effect . . . F1
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
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F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c.43), s. 1(1), Sch. Pt. III
F2S.1(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
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C2Address presented on 12.12.1922
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F3S. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43). s.1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.III
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F5S. 4 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44) Sch. 12 Pt. 1
(1)If His Majesty in Council is pleased to declare—
(a)that under the law in force in the Irish Free State any tax is payable in respect of a subject of charge in respect or which a corresponding tax is payable also in Great Britain; and
(b)that arrangements as specified in the declaration have been made with the Government of the Irish Free State with a view to the granting of relief in cases where there is a charge both to the British Tax and to the Irish tax in respect of the same subject matter;
then, unless and until the declaration is revoked by His Majesty in Council, the arrangements specified therein shall, so far as they relate to the relief to be granted from the British tax, have effect as if enacted in this Act, but only if and so long as the arrangements, so far as they relate to the relief to be granted from the Irish tax, have the effect of law in the Irish Free State.
(2)Any declaration made by His Majesty in Council under this section shall be laid before the Commons House of Parliament as soon as may be after it is made, and, if an Address is presented to His Majesty by that House within twenty-one days on which that House has sat next after the declaration is laid before it praying that the declaration may be revoked, His Majesty in Council may revoke the declaration, and the arrangements specified in the declaration shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of a new declaration.
(3)The obligation as to secrecy imposed by any enactment with regard to any tax to which any declaration made by His Majesty in Council under this section relates shall not prevent the disclosure to any authorised officer of the Government of the Irish Free State of such facts as may be necessary to enable relief to be duly given in accordance with the arrangements specified in the declaration.
[F7(4)This section shall apply to Northern Ireland in like manner as it applies to Great Britain.]]
Textual Amendments
F6S. 5 except as it applies to estate duty and stamp duties repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1),Sch. 1 Pt. III
F7S. 5(4) substituted by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 9
(1)His Majesty may, by Order in Council,—
(a)make such adaptations of any enactments so far as they relate to any of His Majesty’s Dominions other than the Irish Free State as may appear to him necessary or proper as a consequence of the establishment of the Irish Free State;
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F8(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)make such provision with respect to the management of the National Debt and Government Securities and Annuities (including India Stock) as may be necessary to secure that the management thereof shall not, except to such extent as may be authorised by the Order, be transacted within the Irish Free State; or to enable the business of the Bank of Ireland in relation thereto to be partly transacted at an office of the Bank in Northern Ireland, and in the latter case to apply in respect of any securities or annuities inscribed or registered in the books and registers kept at such office the provisions applicable in respect of securities and annuities inscribed or registered in the books and registers kept at the Bank of England or the Bank of Ireland;
and any such Order in Council may contain such supplemental, consequential, and incidental provisions as may appear necessary or proper for the purposes of the Order, and any such Order shall, subject to revocation or alteration by a subsequent Order, have effect as if enacted in this Act.
(2)Any Order in Council made under this section shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after it is made, and if an Address is presented to His Majesty by either of those Houses within twenty-one days on which that House has sat next after any such Order is laid before it praying that the Order may be annulled, His Majesty may thereupon by Order in Council annul the same, and the Order so annulled shall forthwith become void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything which in the meantime may have been done thereunder.
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Textual Amendments
(1)It shall be lawful for any department of the British Government to make arrangements with any Minister of the Government of the Irish Free State whereunder any of the powers and duties of the Minister may be exercised and performed on his behalf by officers of that department, or whereunder any of the powers and duties of that department may be exercised and performed on behalf of that department by officers of the Minister, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed:
Provided that no such arrangement shall diminish in any respect the responsibility of the department by which the arrangement is made.
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F11(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F10S. 7(2) repealed by Superannuation (Amendment) Act 1965 (c. 10) s. 9(5), Sch 4 Pt III with saving for existing pensions and allowances
This Act may be cited as the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922 (Session 2).
X11(1)There shall be a Governor of Northern Ireland, and the provisions of the M1Government of Ireland Act 1920 with respect to the Lord Lieutenant shall apply to the Governor of Northern Ireland and in the M2Government of Ireland Act 1920 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) and in any other enactment references to the Lord Lieutenant shall, in their application to Northern Ireland, be construed as references to the Governor of Northern Ireland.
F12(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Editorial Information
X1Para. 1(1) repealed, so far as it establishes the office of Governor, by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I
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F12Sch. 1 para. 1(2) repealed by Northern Ireland Act (c. 8), Sch.
Marginal Citations
2(1)There shall be a Privy Council of Northern Ireland, and anything which, prior to the first appointment of a Governor of Northern Ireland, might be done by, to, before, or with the advice or concurrence of the Privy Council of Ireland or any committee thereof may, as respects Northern Ireland after such appointment, be done by, to, before, or with the advice or concurrence of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland or a corresponding committee of that Council.
X2(2)The persons who are to be members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland shall be from time to time chosen and summoned by the Governor of Northern Ireland and sworn in as Privy Counsellors, and the Members may from time to time be removed by the Governor of Northern Ireland.
(3)In the application of the principal Act to Northern Ireland references to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland shall be substituted for references to the Privy Council of Ireland, . . . F13
(4)There shall be a Great Seal of Northern Ireland which shall be kept by the Governor of Northern Ireland and shall, after the first appointment of such Governor, be used for all matters in Northern Ireland for which the Great Seal of Ireland was theretofore used. Until a Great Seal of Northern Ireland is provided the private seal of the Governor of Northern Ireland may be used as that Great Seal.
Editorial Information
X2Para. 2(2) repealed, except as respects the removal of Privy Councillors, by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I
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F13Words repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I
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F15Sch. 1 para. 4 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36 SIF 29:3), Sch. 6 Pt. II
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F16Sch. 1 para. 5 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36 SIF 29:3), Sch. 6 Pt. I
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F17Sch. 1 para. 6 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38),s. 122, Sch. 7 Pt. I
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F18Sch. 1 para. 7(1) repealed by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), Sch. 8
F19Sch. 1 para. 7(2) repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), Sch. 8 Pt. II except in relation to pensions for service ending before 27.7.1971
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F20Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. III
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