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3 & 4 Will, c. 98. s. 6.
Bank of England notes not a legal tender in Ireland.
Proviso.
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6. And whereas by the Bank of England Act, 1833, it was enacted, that from and after the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, unless and until Parliament should otherwise direct, a tender of a note or notes of the Bank of England, expressed to be payable to bearer on demand, should be a legal tender to the amount expressed in such note or notes, and should be taken to be valid as a tender to such amount for all sums above five pounds on all occasions on which any tender of money may be legally made, so long as the Bank of England should continue to pay on demand their said notes in legal coin; provided always, that no such note or notes should be deemed a legal tender of payment by the Bank of England, or any branch bank: of the said governor and company: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the extent of the said enactment: For removal whereof, be it enacted and declared, that nothing in the said last-recited Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to make the tender of a note or notes of the Bank of England a legal tender in Ireland: Provided also, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the circulation in Ireland of the notes of the Bank of England as heretofore.
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