No. 479/1941:

INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN IRELAND (ADAPTATION OF CHARTER) ORDER, 1941.

INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN IRELAND (ADAPTATION OF CHARTER) ORDER, 1941.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 1 of the Adaptation of Charters Act, 1926 (No. 6 of 1926), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution that the Government may from time to time make all such adaptations of any charter which by virtue of Article 73 of the Constitution of Saorstát Eirinn, had the force of law in Saorstát Eireann as are, in the opinion of the Government, necessary in order to enable such charter to have full force and effect in Ireland :

AND WHEREAS by a Charter granted on the 14th day of May, 1888, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland was incorporated by that name and divers provisions were made for the conduct thereof and, amongst other matters, provision was made for the making by the said Institute of bye-laws, rules, and regulations :

AND WHEREAS the said Charter contained a provision as follows, that is to say :—

" the bye-laws, rules, and regulations made by the Institute shall not have effect until they have been submitted to and allowed by our Privy Council in Ireland " :

AND WHEREAS by virtue of Article 73 of the Constitution of Saorstát Eireann the said Charter had the force of law in Saorstát Eireann and, by virtue of Article 50 of the Constitution the said Charter is now in force in Ireland :

AND WHEREAS the adaptation of the said Charter which is made by this Order is, in the opinion of the Government, necessary in order to enable that Charter to have full force and effect in Ireland :

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the power conferred on them by subsection (1) of section 1 of the Adaptation of Charters Act, 1926 (No. 6 of 1926), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (Adaptation of Charter) Order, 1941.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. That portion of the hereinbefore recited Charter which provides that bye-laws, rules, and regulations made by The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland shall not have effect until they have been submitted to and allowed by " Our Privy Council in Ireland " is hereby adapted by the substitution of the expression " the Government " for the expression " Our Privy Council in Ireland," and it is hereby ordered that the said portion of the said Charter shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

Given under the Official Seal of the Government, this 28th day of October, 1941.

EAMON DE VALERA,

Taoiseach.