Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922

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Oireachtas substituted for Parliament.

5.—(1) Every mention of or reference to Parliament or to both or each or either of the Houses of Parliament contained in any British Statute shall as respects the doing or not doing of any act, matter or thing after the 6th day of December, 1922, in Saorstát Eireann be construed as a mention of or reference to both or each or either of the Houses or the corresponding House (as the case may require) of the Oireachtas and the expression “Parliamentary” in every such Statute shall be construed accordingly.

(2) Every mention of or reference to the presentation of an address to His (or Her) Majesty by both or each or either of the Houses of Parliament contained in any British Statute shall as from the 6th day of December, 1922, be construed and take effect as a mention of or reference to the passing of a resolution by both or each or either of the Houses or by the corresponding House (as the case may require) of the Oireachtas

(3) For the purposes of this section Seanad Eireann shall be deemed to be the House of the Oireachtas corresponding to the Peers' House of the British Parliament and Dáil Eireann shall be deemed to be the House of the Oireachtas corresponding to the Commons' House of the British Parliament.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section the expression “Act of Parliament” contained in any British Statute shall mean and include either Act of the British Parliament or Act of the Oireachtas, as the case may require.