 The power was created in Article 41 of the "Irish Free State Constitution (Saorstát Éireann) Act, 1922" enacted both by the Third Dáil meeting as a constituent assembly and by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and brought into force by a royal proclamation of 6 December 1922.The role of the Governor-General in legislative enactment was initially defined in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in 1921 between plenipotentiaries of the UDI Irish Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and which was ratified by three bodies; the United Kingdom parliament, the Second Dáil and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in December 1921 – January 1922.All legislation enacted by the Oireachtas of Saorstát Éireann required the Royal Assent to become law for three reasons.