ers of the two Houses of the Irish Legislature shall be held at such
time before that day, as may be fixed by Her Majesty in Council. (3)
Upon the first meeting of the Irish Legislature the members of the House
of Commons then sitting for Irish constituencies, including the members
for Dublin University, shall vacate their seats, and writs shall, as
soon as conveniently may be, be issued by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland
for the purpose of holding an election of members to serve in
Parliament for the constituencies named in the Second Schedule of this
Act. (4) The existing Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the senior of
the existing puisne judges of the Exchequer Division of the Supreme
Court, or if they or either of them are or is dead or unable or
unwilling to act, such other of the judges of the Supreme Court as Her
Majesty may appoint, shall be the first Exchequer judges. (5) Where it
appears to Her Majesty the Queen in Council, before the expiration of
_one year_ after the appointed day, that any existing enactment
respecting matters within the powers of the Irish Legislature requires
adaptation to Ireland, whether--
(_a_) by the substitution of the Lord Lieutenant in Council, or of
any department or officer of the executive Government in Ireland,
for Her Majesty in Council, a Secretary of State, the Treasury, the
Postmaster-General, the Board of Inland Revenue, or other public
department or officer in Great Britain; or (_b_) by the
substitution of the Irish Consolidated Fund or moneys provided by
the Irish Legislature for the Consolidated Fund of the United
Kingdom, or moneys provided by Parliament; or (_c_) by the
substitution or confirmation by, or other act to be done by or to,
the Irish Legislature for confirmation by or other act to be done
by or to Parliament; or (_d_) by any other adaptation; Her Majesty,
by Order in Council, may make that adaptation.
(6) Her Majesty the Queen in Council may provide for the transfer of
such property, rights, and liabilities, and the doing of such other
things as may appear to Her Majesty necessary or proper for carrying
into effect this Act or any Order in Council under this Act.
(7) An Order in Council under this section may make an adaptation or
provide for a transfer either unconditionally or subject to such
exceptions, conditions, and restrictions as may seem expedient.
(8) The draft of every Order in Co
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