(7.) The offices of the peerage members shall be filled as follows;
that is to say,--
(a.) Each of the Irish peers who on the appointed day is one
of the twenty-eight Irish representative peers, shall, on
giving his written assent to the Lord Lieutenant, become a
peerage member of the first order of the Irish Legislative
Body; and if at any time within _thirty years_ after the
appointed day any such peer vacates his office by death or
resignation, the vacancy shall be filled by the election
to that office by the Irish peers of one of their number
in manner heretofore in use respecting the election of
Irish representative peers, subject to adaptation as
provided by this Act, and if the vacancy is not so filled
within the proper time it shall be filled by the election
of an elective member.
(b.) If any of the twenty-eight peers aforesaid does not
within _one month_ after the appointed day give such assent
to be a peerage member of the first order, the vacancy so
created shall be filled up as if he had assented and
vacated his office by resignation.
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