7.—­(1) The Irish Legislative Assembly shall consist of one hundred and three members, returned by the existing parliamentary constituencies in Ireland, or the existing divisions thereof, and elected by the parliamentary electors for the time being in those constituencies or divisions. (2) The Irish Legislative Assembly when summoned may, unless sooner dissolved, have continuance for five years from the day on which the summons directs it to meet and no longer. (3) After six years from the passing of this Act, the Irish Legislature may alter the qualification of the electors, and the constituencies, and the distribution of the members among the constituencies, provided that in such distribution due regard is had to the population of the constituencies.

8.  If a Bill or any provision of a Bill adopted by the Legislative Assembly is lost by the disagreement of the Legislative Council, and after a dissolution, or the period of two years from such disagreement, such Bill, or a Bill for enacting the said provision, is again adopted by the Legislative Assembly and fails within three months afterwards to be adopted by the Legislative Council, the same shall forthwith be submitted to the members of the two Houses deliberating and voting together thereon, and shall be adopted or rejected according to the decision of the majority of those members present and voting on the question.

Irish Representation in House of Commons

9.  Unless and until Parliament otherwise determines, the following provisions shall have effect—­

(1) After the appointed day each of the constituencies named in the Second Schedule to this Act shall return to serve in Parliament the number of members named opposite thereto in that schedule, and no more, and Dublin University shall cease to return any member.

     (2) The existing divisions of the constituencies shall, save as
     provided in that schedule, be abolished.

     (3) An Irish representative peer in the House of Lords and a member
     of the House of Commons for an Irish constituency shall not be
     entitled to deliberate or vote on—­

       (a) any Bill or motion in relation thereto, the operation of
       which Bill or motion is confined to Great Britain or some part
       thereof; or

       (b) any motion or resolution relating solely to some tax not
       raised or to be raised in Ireland; or

       (c) any vote or appropriation of money made exclusively for some
       service not mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act; or

       (d) any motion or resolution exclusively affecting Great Britain
       or some part thereof or some local authority or some person or
       thing therein; or