S.I. No. 104/1968 - Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Bye-Election Charges (Amendment) Order, 1968.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Bye-Election Charges (Amendment) Order, 1968.

(2) The Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Bye-Election Charges Order, 1966 (

S.I. No. 262 of 1966

), and this Order may be cited together as the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Bye-Election Charges Orders, 1966 and 1968.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The Schedule to the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Bye-Election Charges Order, 1966, is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph 2 (iv) of the following

"(iv) Counting the Votes

Where the number of electors

does not exceed 30,000 ... ...

90.

0.

0

For every complete 1,000

electors in excess of 30,000 ...

1.

0.

0."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of May, 1968.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for altering the amounts which may be disbursed by a Returning Officer for counting votes at a Dáil bye-election.

S.I. No. 104 of 1968.

RETURNING OFFICERS' (BOROUGH AND COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES) BYE-ELECTION CHARGES (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1968.

I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 64

(2) of the

Electoral Act, 1923

(No. 12 of 1923), hereby order as follows