{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ireland-act-1949/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ireland-act-1949/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/41",
  "legislation_title": "Ireland Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ireland-act-1949",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Constitutional provisions.",
  "text": "(1) It is hereby recognized and declared that the part of Ireland heretofore known as Eire ceased, as from the eighteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, to be part of His Majesty’s dominions.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The part of Ireland referred to in subsection (1) of this section is hereafter in this Act referred to, and may in any Act, enactment or instrument passed or made after the passing of this Act be referred to, by the name attributed thereto by the law thereof, that is to say, as the Republic of Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(2) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/41/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:37.490842+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}