with the establishment of the Free State, the representative of the King in the Free State was to be styled the Governor-General of the Irish Free State; abolished the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland; abolished the Irish Land Commissioners (the Commission was revived by the Irish Free State the following year); provided for the establishment of a trust, called the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust, for 'the purpose of providing in Ireland cottages, with or without plots or-gardens, for the accommodation of men who served in the naval, military, or air forces during the war. The trust will have five members, of whom three will be appointed by a Secretary of State, one by the President of the Free State, and one by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. However, before these provisions could take effect the two Irish Parliaments had to pass legislation to enable the Trust to acquire and hold land; gave the Commissioners of Customs and Excise powers, if necessary, to make regulations with reference to the importation and exportation of goods into and from Northern Ireland across the land frontier; made provision as to relief from double income-tax; made provision for the severance of matters such as the system of national health insurance in Great Britain from that in the Irish Free State would, for example, be made by Order in Council; and made provision for the pensions of judges. Great Seal of Northern Ireland As noted above, the Act was also the instrument that created the Great Seal of Northern Ireland: There shall be a Great Seal of Northern Ireland which shall be kept by the Governor of Northern Ireland and shall, after the first appointment of such Governor, be used for all matters in Northern Ireland for which the Great Seal of Ireland was theretofore used. Until a Great Seal of Northern Ireland is provided the private seal of the Governor of Northern Ireland may be used as that Great Seal. Section 6 The Irish Free State (Consequential Adaptation of Enactments) Order 1923 (SR & O 1923/405) was made under this section. References 1922 in law 1922 in Ireland United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1922 December 1922 events British constitutional laws concerning Ireland Political history of Ireland History of Northern Ireland History of the Republic of Ireland Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Ireland Irish Free State Ireland and