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CHAPTER II
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So also the Imperial Parliament has authority to repeal or override any Act, constitutional or unconstitutional, passed by the Irish Parliament.

Each power stands on the same footing, neither is meant for ordinary use; either is a means of legal revolution.

The veto of the Crown means little in New Zealand; it will at best mean no more in Ireland; but in truth it will mean a good deal less.

New Zealand sends no member to Westminster to stay the hand of the Imperial Government whenever it attempts by way of veto or otherwise to put in force the reserved powers of the Imperial Parliament.[74] _The Privy Council and the Courts_.

The English Privy Council[75] may nullify the effect of Irish legislation in two ways.
It may as an administrative body give a decision that an Act is void.[76] This power can by exercised only upon the application of the Lord Lieutenant or a Secretary of State, and it is a power which we may expect will be but rarely employed, for its use would at once give rise to a direct conflict between the Irish Parliament and the English Privy Council.


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