S.I. No. 70/1970 - Returning Officers' Charges (Bye-Elections To Dáil Éireann) (Amendment) Order, 1970.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Returning Officers' Charges (Bye-Elections to Dáil Éireann) (Amendment) Order, 1970.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

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

3. Paragraph 11 of the Schedule to the Returning Officers' Charges (Bye-Election to Dáil Éireann) Order, 1970 (

S.I. No. 27 of 1970

), is hereby amended by the substitution for subparagraph (1) of the following

"(1) For the first 30,000 electors .. .. ..

102

10

0

For every complete 1,000 electors in excess of 30,000 .. .. .. .. ..

1

2

6"

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 9th day of April 1970.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order provides for increasing the amounts which may be disbursed by a returning officer for the counting of votes at a Dáil Bye-Election.

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

section 25

(5) of the

Electoral Act, 1923

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