Ireland Act 1949

Ireland Act 1949
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to recognise and declare the constitutional position as to the part of Ireland heretofore known as Eire, and to make provision as to the name by which it may be known and the manner in which the law is to apply in relation to it; to declare and affirm the constitutional position and the territorial integrity of Northern Ireland and to amend, as respects the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the law relating to the qualifications of electors in constituencies in Northern Ireland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 41
Introduced byClement Attlee
Dates
Royal assent2 June 1949
Commencement18 April 1949
Other legislation
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Ireland Act 1949 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to deal with the consequences of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 as passed by the Irish parliament, the Oireachtas.


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