_Legislative Authority._
[Sidenote: Establishment of Irish Legislature.]
1. On and after the appointed day there shall be established in Ireland
a Legislature consisting of Her Majesty the Queen and an Irish
Legislative Body.
[Sidenote: Powers of Irish Legislature.]
2. With the exceptions and subject to the restrictions in this Act
mentioned, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen, by and with
the advice of the Irish Legislative Body, to make laws for the peace,
order, and good government of Ireland, and by any such law to alter and
repeal any law in Ireland.
[Sidenote: Exceptions from powers of Irish Legislature.]
3. The Legislature of Ireland shall not make laws relating to the
following matters or any of them:--
(1.) The status or dignity of the Crown, or the succession to
the Crown, or a Regency;
(2.) The making of peace or war;
(3.) The army, navy, militia, volunteers, or other military or
naval forces, or the defence of the realm;
(4.) Treaties and other relations with foreign States, or the
relations between the various parts of Her Majesty's
dominions;
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