Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936

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The Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 was an Irish statute that preserved the role of the British monarch in Ireland’s external affairs after the abolition of the office of Governor-General, marking a transitional stage in the evolution of Irish sovereignty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of the Oireachtas ⓘ
Irish statute ⓘ
appliedTo conduct of foreign relations of the Irish Free State ⓘ
appliesTo King in respect of the Irish Free State ⓘ
category Irish constitutional law ⓘ
Irish foreign relations law ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance modified the role of the Crown in Irish constitutional law ⓘ
step towards the declaration of the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
context enacted during the dismantling of the Irish Free State’s constitutional links with the British Crown ⓘ
enacted following the abdication of King Edward VIII ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dateEnacted 1936-12-12 ⓘ
effect maintained membership of the British Commonwealth while reducing monarchical functions ⓘ
marked a transitional stage in the evolution of Irish sovereignty ⓘ
excludedFrom internal affairs of the Irish Free State ⓘ
followedAbolitionOf office of Governor-General of the Irish Free State ⓘ
government Government of Éamon de Valera ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
inForceDuring early years of Bunreacht na hÉireann ⓘ
jurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislature Oireachtas of the Irish Free State ⓘ
limitedRoleOf British monarch to external relations only ⓘ
monarchInvolved George VI ⓘ
partOf Irish constitutional history ⓘ
precedes Bunreacht na hÉireann (Constitution of Ireland) 1937 ⓘ
providedThat the King could accredit foreign diplomatic representatives to Ireland ⓘ
the King could conclude international agreements on behalf of Ireland ⓘ
the King could sign letters of credence for Irish diplomatic representatives ⓘ
the King would act on the advice of the Irish Government in external affairs ⓘ
purpose to preserve a role for the British monarch in the external affairs of the Irish Free State ⓘ
to regulate the exercise of the executive authority of the Irish Free State in its external relations ⓘ
referredToMonarchAs King of Ireland for the purposes of external relations ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
relatedLegislation Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 ⓘ
Constitution (Amendment No. 28) Act 1936 ⓘ
Irish Free State Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 ⓘ
relatedTo abdication of Edward VIII ⓘ
repealedBy Republic of Ireland Act 1948 ⓘ
repealEffectiveDate 1949-04-18 ⓘ
shortTitle Executive Authority (External Relations) Act, 1936 ⓘ
sponsor Éamon de Valera ⓘ
status repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter executive authority ⓘ
external relations ⓘ
yearEnacted 1936 ⓘ

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Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 → relatedTo → Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 ⓘ
Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 → shortTitle → Executive Authority (External Relations) Act, 1936 ⓘ
linked to: Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936
Governor-General of the Irish Free State → abolishedBy → Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 ⓘ