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S.I. No. 60/1925 - Fairs (Ireland) Act, 1868.- Adaptation Order, 1925.

WHEREAS by Section 12 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), it is enacted that the Executive Council may from time to time by Order make all such general or specific adaptations of or modifications in any British Statute which in the opinion of the Executive Council are necessary in order to enable such Statute to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann :

AND WHEREAS in the opinion of the Executive Council, the adaptations and modifications intended to be made by this Order of and in the Fairs (Ireland) Act, 1868 (being a " British Statute " within the meaning of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 ), are necessary in order to enable that Statute to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann :

NOW, the Executive Council, in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred on them by the said Section 12 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling do hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Fairs (Ireland) Act, 1868—Adaptation Order, 1925.

2. In this Order the expression " Principal Act " means the Fairs (Ireland) Act, 1868.

3. (1) References in the Principal Act to the Lord Lieutenant in Council or to the Lord Lieutenant acting by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland shall be construed and take effect as references to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health.

(2) The reference in Section 3 of the Principal Act to the publication of notice of the time when it should please the Lord Lieutenant to order the representation mentioned in the said Section to be taken into consideration by the Privy Council shall be construed and take effect as a reference to the publication of the notice of the time when it shall please the Minister for Local Government and Public Health to take the said Representation into consideration.

4. The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas passed before the 1st day of January, 1924.

DUBLIN.

This 19th day of December, 1925.