S.I. No. 214/2001 - Register of Electors (Administrative County of Tipperary North Riding) (Special Difficulty) (No. 2) Order, 2001

1. This Order may be cited as the Register of Electors (Administrative County of Tipperary North Riding) (Special Difficulty) (No. 2) Order, 2001.

2. In this Order —

“the Act of 1992” means the

Electoral Act, 1992

;

“registration authority” means Tipperary (North Riding) County Council;

“the referenda” means the referenda to be held on the proposals for the amendment of the Constitution contained in the Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, 2001, the Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 and the Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001.

3. Notwithstanding Part II and the Second Schedule of the Act of 1992, the registration authority shall publish, not later than the 24

th

May, 2001, the register of electors for the year 2001/2002 in accordance with Rule 2 of the Second Schedule of the Act of 1992 which shall be used for the purpose of taking the polls at the referenda and any subsequent polls which may be taken in the period up to and including the 14

th

February, 2002.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the

Minister for the Environment and Local

Government this 18th day of May, 2001.

NOEL DEMPSEY

_______________________________

Minister for the Environment and Local Government

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

.

This Order provides for the publication of the register of electors for the year 2001/2002 for the administrative county of Tipperary North Riding in the format specified by the

Electoral Act, 1992

.

WHEREAS it appears to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government that by reason of the failure of the registration authority to publish the register of electors for the year 2001/2002 in accordance with Rule 2 of the Second Schedule of the

Electoral Act, 1992

(No. 23 of 1992), there is a special difficulty in relation to the holding of the polls in the constituency of Tipperary North at the referenda on the proposals for the amendment of the Constitution contained in the Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, 2001, the Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 and the Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001, the Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 164

of the

Electoral Act, 1992

, hereby orders as follows