S.I. No. 246/1995 - Referendum (Forms) Regulations, 1995.

S.I. No. 246 of 1995.

REFERENDUM (FORMS) REGULATIONS, 1995.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 40 of the Referendum Act, 1994 (No. 12 of 1994) hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Referendum (Forms) Regulations, 1995.

2. Each of the forms in the Schedule hereto shall be the prescribed form for the purpose for which such form is expressed to be applicable.

SCHEDULE

R.A.1

REFERENDUM ACT, 1994 .

Constitutional Referendum.

Provisional Referendum Certificate stating the result of the voting in the referendum taken on the.......day of.... under the Referendum Act, 1994 , prepared by the referendum returning officer from the reports furnished to the said officer by the several local returning officers in all the constituencies.

1. The number of votes recorded at the referendum in each constituency, in favour of the proposal, and against the proposal, contained in the Bill entitled—

are shown respectively, for each such constituency, in the table hereunder:

2. (a) The total number of votes recorded at the referendum in favour of the proposal was

.....................

(b) The total number of votes recorded at the referendum against the proposal was

...............

3. A majority of the votes recorded at the referendum was/was not recorded in favour of the proposal.

Date.....................................................

_______________________

Referendum Returning Officer

R.A.2

REFERENDUM ACT, 1994 .

Ordinary Referendum.

Provisional Referendum Certificate stating the result of the voting in the referendum taken on the . . . day of.... under the Referendum Act, 1994 , prepared by the referendum returning officer from the reports furnished to the said officer by the several local returning officers in all the constituencies.

1. The number of votes recorded at the referendum in each constituency, in favour of the proposal, and against the proposal, contained in the Bill entitled—

are shown respectively, for each such constituency, in the table hereunder:

2. ( a ) The total number of votes recorded at the referendum in favour of the proposal was

..................................

( b ) The total number of votes recorded at the referendum against the proposal was

...................................

3. The total number of presidential electors on the register of electors for the time being in force was

.........................................

4. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was/was not less than thirty-three and one-third per cent of the said number of presidential electors.

5. The proposal was/was not vetoed at the referendum.

Date...........................................................

___________________________

Referendum Returning Officer

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 21st

day of September, 1995.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the forms of the Provisional Referendum Certificates to be used at a constitutional referendum or an ordinary referendum.