§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of 283 Ireland whether the attention of the Local Government Board has been directed to the recent decision of the Court of King's Bench in the case of "Hastings v. Beegan"; whether the Local Government Board can explain why the Application of Enactments Order applying to this matter differs from Sub-section (c) 2, Section 46, of the 56 and 57 Vic., cap. 73; and whether it is the intention of the Local Government Board to issue an amending order assimilating the law of the two countries in this respect.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe case intended to be referred to is presumably "Hastings v. Cogavin." The decision turned on the interpretation of the expression "Public work" in the concluding lines of Article 12 (4) (e) of the Application of Enactments Order. These lines do not occur in the corresponding English enactment, Section 46 (1) (e) of the Local Government Act, 1894, because the procedure in relation to public works is quite different in England. The law, therefore, does not require assimilation, but in any case there is no power vested in the Board to amend the Application of Enactments Order.