§ MR. HEALYasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether the repeal of section 21 of the Land Act of 1870 by the 42nd section of the Land Law Bill, in putting an end to the powers of the Court for Land Cases Reserved created by the former section and since 31 merged by the Judicature Act in the Court of Appeal, ipso facto annuls the code of rules devised by that Court under section 31 of the said Act, and which form the machinery for the working of the whole of that Act; whether the repeal of section 24 involves the repeal of section 31; whether, if said rules will not continue in force, it is not desirable to make some provision for their revival; and, in case they should continue in force, what tribunal will in future have the power of rescinding, annulling, or adding to them, pursuant to the provisions of section 31 already referred to; and, whether it is not desirable to vest the powers created by section 31 in the Land Commission in future?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW), in reply, said, the repeal of the section in question did not in any respect annul the Code of Rules made by the Court for Land Cases Reserved under Section 31 of the Land Act. The Rules would still remain in force. The authority for altering them would be the Court of Appeal. It was, however, under consideration whether it might not be convenient to transfer that power to the Land Commission.