Back Acht um Rialtas na hÉireann 1914 Irish 1914년 아일랜드 정부법 Korean Legea Guvernării Irlandei din 1914 Romanian Акт о правительстве Ирландии (1914) Russian Government of Ireland Act 1914 Swedish Акт про уряд Ірландії (1914) Ukrainian
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to provide for the better Government of Ireland. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 90 |
| Territorial extent | Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 September 1914 |
| Commencement | Postponed by Suspensory Act 1914 |
| Repealed | 23 December 1920 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Suspensory Act 1914 |
| Repealed by | Government of Ireland Act 1920 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
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| Name and origin | |
|---|---|
| Official name of legislation | Government of Ireland Act 1914 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1914 |
| Government introduced | Asquith |
| Parliamentary passage | |
| House of Commons passed? | Yes |
| House of Lords passed? | No; passed under Parliament Act 1911 |
| Royal Assent? | Yes |
| Defeated | |
| Which House | House of Lords, three times (overruled) |
| Date | 1912, 1913, 1914 (overruled) |
| Details of legislation | |
| Legislature type | Bicameral |
| Name(s) | Upper: Senate Lower: House of Commons |
| Size(s) | Senate: 40 House of Commons: 164 |
| MPs in Westminster | 42 MPs |
| Executive head | Lord Lieutenant |
| Executive body | Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Ireland |
| Enactment | |
| Act implemented | Never implemented |
| Succeeded by | Government of Ireland Act 1920 |
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The Government of Ireland Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 90), also known as the Home Rule Act, and before enactment as the Third Home Rule Bill, was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to provide home rule (self-government within the United Kingdom) for Ireland. It was the third such bill introduced by a Liberal government during a 28-year period in response to agitation for Irish Home Rule.
The Act was the first law ever approved by the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided for a devolved government in any part of the UK proper (as opposed to colonial territories). However, the implementation of both it and the equally controversial Welsh Church Act 1914 was formally postponed for a minimum of twelve months with the beginning of the First World War. The continuation of the war beyond 1915 and subsequent developments in Ireland resulted in further postponements, meaning that the Act never became effective; it was finally superseded by a fourth home rule bill, enacted as the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which partitioned Ireland, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, both intended to have Home Rule.