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S.I. No. 44/1999 - Irish Red Cross Society (Amendment) Order, 1999.
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Irish Red Cross Society (Amendment) Order, 1999.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 9th day of February, 1999.
2. Paragraph (2) of Article 5 of the Irish Red Cross Society Order, 1939 (
S.R.&O., No. 206 of 1939
), is hereby revoked.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 9th day of February, 1999.
BERTIE AHERN,
Taoiseach.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
The effect of the Instrument is to allow non Irish citizens to become members of the Society and to allow for refusal of, and removal from, membership of the Society for good and sufficient reason.
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by
section 1
of the
Red Cross Act 1938
(No. 32 of 1938), hereby order as follows