S.I. No. 396/2011 - Constituency Commission (Establishment) Order 2011.

1. This order may be cited as the Constituency Commission (Establishment) Order 2011.

2. A Constituency Commission is hereby established to perform the function assigned to it by Part II of the

Electoral Act 1997

.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 July 2011.

PHIL HOGAN,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This order establishes a Constituency Commission to report on Dáil and European Parliament constituencies.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

29

th July

, 2011.

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the power conferred on him by

section 5

(1) of the

Electoral Act 1997

(No. 25 of 1997), hereby orders as follows