No. 16/1926:

DUBLIN TRAFFIC ACT, 1875, ADAPTATION ORDER, 1926.

DUBLIN TRAFFIC ACT, 1875, ADAPTATION ORDER, 1926.

WHEREAS by Section 12 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922) it is enacted that the Executive Council 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 intended to be made by this Order of the Dublin Traffic Act, 1875 (being a British statute within the meaning of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 ) are necessary in order to enable that statute to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann :

NOW, the Executive Council of Saorstát Eireann, in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred on them by the said 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 for all purposes as the Dublin Traffic Act, 1875, Adaptation Order, 1926.

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 23 of the Dublin Traffic Act, 1875, to " the Lord Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland for the time being, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland " shall be construed and take effect as a reference to the Minister for Justice.

Dublin,

This 10th day of March, 1926.