S.I. No. 345/1996 - Referendum (Special Difficulty) Order, 1996.

1. This Order may be cited as the Referendum (Special Difficulty) Order, 1996.

2. In this Order "the Referendum" means the referendum to be held on the proposal for the amendment of the Constitution contained in the Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1996.

3. Notwithstanding the

Referendum Act, 1994

, and

section 85

of the

Electoral Act, 1992

(as applied by

section 30

of the

Referendum Act, 1994

) the taking of the poll at the referendum in the islands situate in the constituency of Galway West set out in the Schedule to this Order shall be continued on the 28

th

of November, 1996 between the hours of 9.00 a.m. and 9.00 p.m.

Schedule

Inis Mhór, Inish Meán, Inish Thiar, Inisturc, Inishboffin.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 27

th

day of November, 1996.

MICHAEL D. HIGGINS

____________________________

Minister for the Environment.

Explanatory Note

This Order provides for the continuation of the poll on certain islands on a day subsequent to the original polling day.

S.I. No. 345 of 1996.

REFERENDUM (SPECIAL DIFFICULTY) ORDER, 1996.

I, Michael D. Higgins, Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht being the member of the Government nominated pursuant to

section 7

(1) of the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939

, to execute the office of the Minister for the Environment as provided by An tOrdú um an Aire Comhsaoil (Gníomhaireacht) 1996, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on the said Minister for the Environment by

section 164

(1) of the

Electoral Act, 1992

, order as follows