Editing Southern Ireland (1921–1922) (section)

==Government of Ireland Act 1920==
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The Government of Ireland Act, passed at the end of December 1920, envisaged that Southern Ireland would have the following institutions:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_act/1920/192000067.html#PROVISIONS_AS_TO_COURTS_OF_LAW_AND_JUDGES |title=Government of Ireland Act 1920 (as assented to) |website=bailii.org |access-date=29 January 2008 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230148/http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_act/1920/192000067.html#PROVISIONS_AS_TO_COURTS_OF_LAW_AND_JUDGES |url-status=live}}</ref>

*a [[Parliament of Southern Ireland]], consisting of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King]], the [[Parliament of Southern Ireland#Senate|Senate of Southern Ireland]], and the [[Parliament of Southern Ireland#House of Commons|House of Commons of Southern Ireland]];
*a Government of Southern Ireland;
*the Supreme Court of Judicature of Southern Ireland;
*the Court of Appeal in Southern Ireland; and
*His Majesty's High Court of Justice in Southern Ireland.

It was also envisaged that Southern Ireland would share the following institutions with [[Northern Ireland]]:

*the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] – existing throughout the life of Southern Ireland, with the incumbent, [[Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent|Lord FitzAlan of Derwent]], continuing in office as [[List of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland|Lord Lieutenant]];
*a [[Council of Ireland]] – established "with a view to the eventual establishment of a Parliament for the whole of Ireland", but subsequently abolished during 1925 after the termination of the Boundary Commission; and
*a [[Irish Court of Appeal|High Court of Appeal for Ireland]] – which was established,<ref>Austen Morgan, Belfast Agreement, pg. 34 wherein the author notes: "One all-Ireland institution – the High Court of Appeal for Ireland in section 38 [of the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920|1920 Act]] – did exist briefly.</ref> and heard a small number of cases before its abolition by the UK's [[Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922]].