made exclusively for some
service not mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act; or
(_d_) any motion or resolution exclusively affecting Great Britain
or some part thereof or some local authority or some person or
thing therein; or
(_e_) any motion or resolution, incidental to any such motion or
resolution as either is last mentioned, or relates solely to some
tax not raised or to be raised in Ireland, or incidental to any
such vote or appropriation of money as aforesaid.
(4) Compliance with the provisions of this section shall not be
questioned otherwise than in each House in manner provided by the
House.
(5) The election laws and the laws relating to the qualification
of parliamentary electors shall not, so far as they relate to
parliamentary elections, be altered by the Irish Legislature, but
this enactment shall not prevent the Irish Legislature from
dealing with any officers concerned with the issue of writs of
election, and if any officers are so dealt with, it shall be
lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to arrange for the
issue of such writs, and the writs issued in pursuance of such
Order shall be of the same effect as if issued in manner
heretofore accustomed.
_Finance_
10.--(1) _On and after the appointed day_ there shall be an Irish
Exchequer and Consolidated Fund separate from those of the United
Kingdom. (2) The duties of customs and excise and the duties on postage
shall be imposed by Act of Parliament, but subject to the provisions of
this Act the Irish Legislature may, in order to provide for the public
service of Ireland, impose any other taxes. (3) Save as in this Act
mentioned, all matters relating to the taxes in Ireland and the
collection and management thereof shall be regulated by Irish Act, and
the same shall be collected and managed by the Irish Government and form
part of the public revenues of Ireland: Provided that--
(_a_) the duties of customs shall be regulated, collected, managed,
and paid into the Exchequer of the United Kingdom as heretofore;
and
(_b_) all prohibitions in connection with the duties of excise, and
so far as regards articles sent out of Ireland, all matters
relating to those duties, shall be regulated by Act of Parliament;
and
(_c_) the excise duties on articles consumed in Great B
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