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S.I. No. 42/1936 - Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, Adaptation Order, 1936.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1936. No. 42.

MARRIAGES (IRELAND) ACT, 1844, ADAPTATION ORDER, 1936.

WHEREAS it is enacted by Section 12 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), that the Executive Council of Saorstát Eireann 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 Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844 (being a British Statute within the meaning of the said Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 ), are necessary in order to enable such Statute to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann :

NOW, the Executive Council of Saorstát Eireann, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by 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 as the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, Adaptation Order, 1936.

2. 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.

3. The reference in Section 7 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, to the Lord Lieutenant shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, and the said section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

4. Schedule (C) to the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, shall be and is hereby adapted by the insertion therein of the words " Minister for Local Government and Public Health" in lieu of the words " His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, " and the said Schedule and Section 8 of the said Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

DUBLIN :

This 14th day of February, 1936.