S.I. No. 469/1997 - Registration of Electors (County of Monaghan) (Special Difficulty) Order, 1997


S.I. No. 469 of 1997.

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (COUNTY OF MONAGHAN) (SPECIAL DIFFICULTY) ORDER, 1997

Whereas it appears to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government that, by reason of the failure of the registration authority to publish on or before the specified date a draft register of electors for the year 1998/99 in accordance with the provisions of section 20 and paragraph (6) of Rule 5 of the Second Schedule to the Electoral Act, 1992 (No. 23 of 1992), there is a special difficulty in relation to the preparation of the register of electors for the County of Monaghan for the year 1998/99, the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 164 of the Electoral Act, 1992 hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Registration of Electors (County of Monaghan) (Special Difficulty) Order, 1997.

2. In this order "the Act" means the Electoral Act, 1992 .

3. In relation to the register of electors for the County of Monaghan for the year 1998/99, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 6 and 20 and paragraph (4) of Rule I of the Second Schedule to the Act, the dates on or by reference to which any act or thing is required by paragraph (6) of Rule 5, paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) of Rule 7 and paragraph (2) of Rule 12 of the Second Schedule to the Act to be performed or done shall be the dates specified for those purposes in the Schedule to the Order.

SCHEDULE

Purpose

Relevant Rule of Second Schedule to the Act

Date

(a) Publication of draft register.

Rule 5.

17 November, 1997.

(b) Last date for making claims.

Rule 7.

9 December, 1997.

(c) Publication of list of claims.

Rule 7.

12 December, 1997.

(d) Completion of return by county registrar of endorsed list of claims.

Rule 12.

9 January, 1998.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government this 26th day of November, 1997.

Noel Dempsey

            

Minister for the Environment and

Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order specifies revised dates to apply in relation to the preparation of the 1998/99 register of electors for County Monaghan.