Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937
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Adaptations in relation to the first assembly of Seanad Eireann. |
11.—(1) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to every Act of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Eireann which was passed after the Seanad Eireann (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1936 (No. 26 of 1936), that is to say:— | |
(a) every provision in any such Act whereby any order, regulation, report, or other instrument is required to be laid before Dáil Eireann shall, in relation to any such instrument made on or after the day of the first assembly of Seanad Eireann, be construed and have effect as requiring such instrument to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas; | ||
(b) where any such provision as is mentioned in the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section empowers Dáil Eireann to annul the instrument referred to in such provision by a resolution passed within a specified number of days on which Dáil Eireann has sat after such instrument is laid before it, such provision shall, in relation to any such instrument made on or after the day of the first assembly of Seanad Eireann, be construed and have effect as also empowering Seanad Eireann to annul such instrument by a resolution passed within the same number of days on which Seanad Eireann has sat after such instrument is laid before it, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such instrument. | ||
(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to every Act of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Eireann which is expressed to come into operation immediately after the coming into operation of the Constitution and in relation to every Act of the Oireachtas which is passed before the first assembly of Seanad Eireann, that is to say:— | ||
(a) every provision in any such Act whereby any order, regulation, report, or other instrument is required to be laid before each House or both Houses of the Oireachtas shall, in relation to any such instrument made before the day of the first assembly of Seanad Eireann, be construed and have effect as requiring such instrument to be laid before Dáil Eireann only; | ||
(b) every provision in any such Act whereby anything is required or authorised to be done by both Houses, or each House, or either House of the Oireachtas shall, in relation to anything done or to be done before the day of the first assembly of Seanad Eireann, be construed and have effect as requiring or authorising (as the case may be) such thing to be done by Dáil Eireann alone. |