S.I. No. 113/1998 - Referendum Act, 1998 Referendum Commission (Establishment) (No. 2) Order, 1998.

1. This order may be cited as the Referendum Commission (Establishment) (No. 2) Order, 1998.

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

Referendum Act, 1998

in relation to the proposal for the amendment of the Constitution contained in the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 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 22nd day of April, 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 19th Amendment to the Constitution, and to foster, promote and facilitate debate on the proposal.

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