S.I. No. 53/1998 - Referendum Act, 1998. Referendum Commission (Establishment) Order, 1998.


S.I. No. 53 of 1998.

REFERENDUM ACT, 1998. REFERENDUM COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER, 1998.

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 2 of the Referendum Act, 1998 (No. 1 of 1998), hereby orders as follows:

1. This order may be cited as the Referendum Commission (Establishment) Order, 1998.

2. A Referendum Commission is hereby established to undertake the functions assigned to it by the Referendum Act, 1998 .

3. The date hereof the making of this order is hereby appointed as the day for the purposes of section 2(5).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, this 2nd day of March, 1998.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order establishes a referendum commission to prepare and distribute to the electorate, statements for and against the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, and to foster, promote and facilitate debate on the proposal.