In short
This law allows for the modification of Charters that have legal force in Saorstát Eireann and applies certain existing laws about statutory bodies to bodies governed by Charters. Its main purpose is to ensure these Charters and the bodies they govern can operate effectively within Saorstát Eireann's legal framework.
What it regulates
- The adaptation and modification of Charters that have the force of law in Saorstát Eireann.
- The application of Section 7 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922, to certain chartered bodies.
- The application of Section 9 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924, to certain chartered bodies.
Who it concerns
- The Executive Council, which can make orders to adapt Charters.
- Any board of commissioners or other board or body constituted and governed by charter, or partly by charter and partly by statute, that exercises government functions or public duties.
Key points
- The Executive Council can make orders to adapt Charters as necessary for them to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann.
- Orders made by the Executive Council must be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
- An order will have effect as if enacted in this Act unless a resolution annulling it is passed by either House of the Oireachtas within twenty-one sitting days.
- Certain chartered bodies are deemed "statutory boards or bodies" for the purposes of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922, and the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924.
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Adaptation of Charters Act, 1926
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Number 6 of 1926.
ADAPTATION OF CHARTERS ACT, 1926.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Adaptation of Charters.
2.
Amendment of section 7 of Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922.
3.
Amendment of section 9 of Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924.
4.
Short title.
Acts Referred to
Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922
No. 2 of 1922
Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924
No. 16 of 1924
Number 6 of 1926.
ADAPTATION OF CHARTERS ACT, 1926.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADAPTATION TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF SAORSTÁT EIRE ANN OF CHARTERS WHICH HAVE THE FORCE OF LAW IN SAORSTÁT EIREANN AND TO APPLY TO CHARTERED BODIES CERTAIN ENACTMENTS RELATING TO STATUTORY BODIES. [5th March, 1926.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—
Adaptation of Charters.
1.—(1) The Executive Council may from time to time by order make all such adaptations of and modifications in any Charter which by virtue of Article 73 of the Constitution has the force of law in Saorstát Eireann as are in the opinion of the Executive Council necessary in order to enable such Charter to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann.
(2) Every order made by the Executive Council under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas forthwith and unless and until a resolution annulling such order is passed by either House of the Oireachtas within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which that House has sat after such order is laid before it, such order shall have effect as if enacted in this Act, but no such resolution shall operate to prejudice the validity of anything previously done under such order.
Amendment of section 7 of Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922.
2.—(1)
Section 7
of the
Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922
(No. 2 of 1922) shall apply to any board of commissioners or other board or body which was constituted and is governed by charter and exercises any function of government or discharges any public duties in relation to public administration.
(2) Any board or body constituted by charter and governed by statute or partly by statute and partly by charter, and also any board or body constituted by statute and governed by charter or partly by charter and partly by statute shall be deemed to be a statutory board or body for the purposes of the said
section 7
of the
Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922
.
Amendment of section 9 of Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924.
3.—(1) Any board or body constituted and governed by charter and also any board or body constituted by charter and governed by statute or partly by statute and partly by charter, and also any board or body constituted by statute and governed by charter or partly by charter and partly by statute shall be deemed to be a statutory board or body for the purposes of
section 9
of the
Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924
(No. 16 of 1924).
(2) For the purposes of the said
section 9
of the
Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924
, the words “any board of commissioners established by order of the Executive Council under
section 7
of the
Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922
(No. 2 of 1922)” shall include a board of commissioners established by order of the Executive Council under the said
section 7
as amended by this Act.
Short title.
4.—This Act may be cited as the Adaptation of Charters Act, 1926.
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