Government of Ireland Act 1920 (repealed 2.12.1999)

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Government of Ireland Act 1920 (repealed 2.12.1999)

Government of Ireland Act 1920 (repealed 2.12.1999) (1920 c. 67)

Establishment of Parliaments for Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland and a Council of Ireland

1 † Establishment of Parliaments of Southern and Northern Ireland.

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[F3] S. 1(1) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

(2) For the purposes of this Act, Northern Ireland shall consist of the parliamentary counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, and the parliamentary boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry.

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[F4] S. 2 repealed by Ireland (Confirmation of Agreement) Act 1925 (c. 77), s. 1(2)

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[F5] S. 3 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

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[F6] Ss. 4–6 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F7] S. 7 repealed by Ireland (Confirmation of Agreement) Act 1925 (c. 77), s. 1(2)

Executive Authority

8 † Executive powers.

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[F8] S. 8(1)(3)(5)(6)(8) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F9] S. 8(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42) and Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8] S. 8(1)(3)(5)(6)(8) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F10] S. 8(4) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pts. I, II

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8] S. 8(1)(3)(5)(6)(8) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8] S. 8(1)(3)(5)(6)(8) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(7) The seats of the Goverments of Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland shall be at Dublin and Belfast, respectively, or such places as the Parliaments of Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland may respectively determine.

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[F8] S. 8(1)(3)(5)(6)(8) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

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[F11] S. 9 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

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[F12] S. 10 repealed by Ireland (Confirmation of Agreement) Act 1925 (c. 77), s. 1(2) and Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5), Sch. 1

11—19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F13] Ss. 11–19 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Financial Provisions

20 † Establishment of Southern and Northern Ireland Exchequer.

(1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F14] S. 20(1)(2)(4) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(3) Save as may be otherwise provided by Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the existing law relating to the Exchequer and Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom shall apply with the necessary modifications to the Exchequer and Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland . . .

[F15] Words repealed by National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F14] S. 20(1)(2)(4) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F16] S. 20(5) repealed by Ireland (Confirmation of Agreement) Act 1925 (c. 77), s. 1(2)

21 † Powers of taxation.

(1)—(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F17] S. 21(1)–(3), (5) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

(4) Any articles which are brought into Great Britain or the Isle of Man from Ireland, or into Ireland from Great Britain or the Isle of Man, shall be deemed to be articles exported or imported for the purposes of the forms to be used, and the information to be furnished under the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 or any Act amending that Act, but for not any other purpose.

[M1] 1876 c. 36.

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[F17] S. 21(1)–(3), (5) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F18] Ss. 22–24 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

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[F19] S. 25 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pts. I, II

26 Provisions as to land purchase annuities.

(1) Purchase annuities payable in respect of land situate in Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively, including any arrears thereof due or accruing due on the appointed day, shall be collected by the Governments of Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the amounts so collected shall be paid into their respective Exchequers, but nothing in this Act shall confer on either such Government any powers with respect to the redemption of purchase annuities.

(2) In each year a sum equal to the amount payable in that year in respect of purchase annuities shall be paid into the Irish Land Purchase fund or account, or other appropriate fund or account, out of moneys provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

(3) Where after the appointed day an existing purchase annuity is redeemed, a sum equal to the annuity shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to the Exchequer of Northern Ireland, in each year so long as the purchase annuity would, if not redeemed, have continued to be payable.

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[F20] S. 26(4) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(5) For the purposes of this Act—

[F21] Words repealed by Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 14 Pt. VII

[M2] 1891 c. 48.

[M3] 1906 c. 37.

[M4] 1906 c. 37.

[M5] 1906 c. 37.

27 Existing public loans.

(1) The power of collecting and enforcing the payment of sums due on account of loans made before the appointed day to authorities and persons in Southern Ireland or Northern Ireland out of the local loans fund, the development fund, the road improvement fund or other similar public fund, shall be transferred to the Governments of Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively, and the amounts so collected by them shall be paid into their respective Exchequers:

(2) A sum equal to the amount due in respect of such loans shall in each year be paid into the appropriate fund out of moneys provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and shall, subject to the deduction of such sum as the Joint Exchequer Board think just to cover such loss as may be anticipated to result from payments on account of any such loans proving to be irrecoverable, be made good by deductions from the Northern Ireland residuary share of reserved taxes in accordance with regulations made by the Treasury.

[F22] Words substituted by virtue of Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922 (13 Geo. 5 Sess. 2 c. 2), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(a)

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[F23] S. 28 repealed with saving by Finance Act 1975 (c. 7), ss. 50, 52(2)(3), Sch. 13 Pt. I

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[F24] S. 29 repealed (and superseded in part) (31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, ss. 150(1)(4), 165, Sch. 27 Pt. V(2)

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[F25] S. 30 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

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[F26] Ss. 31, 32 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F27] S. 33 repealed by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1945 (c. 12), Sch. Pt. I

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[F28] S. 34 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F29] Ss. 35, 36 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

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[F30] S. 37 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Provisions as to Courts of Law and Judges

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[F31] Ss. 38, 40 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122, Sch. 7 Pt. I

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[F32] S. 39 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

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[F33] Ss. 38, 40 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122, Sch. 7 Pt. I

41 Application of existing enactments and rules.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and any modifications or adaptations made by Irish Transfer Orders under this Act, all enactments relating to the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland and the judges and officers thereof shall apply to the Supreme Court of Judicature in Northern Ireland and the judges and officers thereof, as they apply to the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland and the judges and officers thereof, and as if for references to the High Court of Justice in Ireland there were substituted references to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland and as if for references to the Court of Appeal in Ireland there were substituted references to the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.

[F34] S. 41(1) proviso repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122, Sch. 7 Pt. I

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[F35] S. 41(2) repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), Sch. 4 Pt. IV

(3)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F36] Ss. 41(3)(4), 42, 43 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

42, 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F37] Ss. 41(3)(4), 42, 43 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

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[F38] Ss. 44, 46, 50 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122, Sch. 7 Pt. I

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[F39] S. 45 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F40] Ss. 44, 46, 50 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122, Sch. 7 Pt. I

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[F41] S. 47 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

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[F42] S. 48 repealed by S.I. 1973/2163, Sch. 6

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[F43] S. 49 repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), s. 30(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I

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[F44] Ss. 44, 46, 50 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122, Sch. 7 Pt. I

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[F45] Ss. 51, 53 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

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[F46] S. 52 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F47] Ss. 51, 53 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

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[F48] Ss. 54, 55 repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 18(5), Sch. 8 Pt. II except in relation to pensions for service ending before 27.7.1971

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[F49] S. 56 repealed by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), Sch. 8

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[F50] Ss. 57–59 repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 18(5), Sch. 8 Pt. II except in relation to pensions for service ending before 27.7.1971

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[F51] S. 60 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

General

61 Continuation of existing laws, institutions, &c.

All existing laws, institutions, and authorities in Ireland, whether judicial, administrative, or ministerial, and all existing taxes in Ireland, shall, except as otherwise provided by this Act, continue as if this Act had not passed, but with the modifications necessary for adapting them to this Act, . . .

[F52] Words repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

62, 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F53] Ss. 62, 63 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F54] S. 64(1) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F55] S. 64(2), (4) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

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[F56] S. 64(3) repealed by S.I. 1981/610 (N.I. 18), art. 1, Sch.

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[F55] S. 64(2), (4) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

65 Special provisions as to Freemasons.

(1) It is hereby declared that existing enactments relative to unlawful oaths or unlawful assemblies in Ireland do not apply to the meetings or proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland, or of any lodge or society recognised by that Grand Lodge.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F57] S. 65(2) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F58] S. 66 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

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[F59] S. 67 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

68 † Provisions as to certain officers of local authorities, universities or colleges.

(1) No law made by the Parliament of Northern Ireland . . . shall have effect so as to prejudice or diminish the rights or privileges of any existing or pensioned officer of a local authority under the provisions of the Local Government (Ireland) Acts 1898 to 1919 . . .

[F60] Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

[F61] Words repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 18 (5), Sch. 8 Pt. II except in relation to pensions for service ending before 27.7.1971

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F62] S. 68(2) repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 18(5), Sch. 8 Pt. II except in relation to pensions for service ending before 27.7.1971

69—70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F63] Ss. 69, 70 repealed (without prejudice to Orders already made) by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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[F64] S. 71 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1948 (c. 65), Sch. 13

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[F65] S. 72 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

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[F66] S. 73 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

74 Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

The expression “existing” means existing at the appointed day:

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[F67] Definitions repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pts. I, II

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