S.I. No. 282/2013 - European Parliament Constituencies Committee (Establishment) Order 2013.

1. This order may be cited as the European Parliament Constituencies Committee (Establishment) Order 2013.

2. A committee is hereby established to perform the function assigned to it by

section 5

(1A) of the

Electoral Act 1997

(No. 25 of 1997) inserted by

section 23

of the

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013

(No. 27 of 2013).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 July 2013.

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.)

By this order the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government establishes a committee to report on European Parliament constituencies following on from the decision of the European Council on 28 June 2013 on the number of members to be elected for the 2014-2019 Parliamentary term. This number will be 11 in Ireland.

S.I. No. 282 of 2013

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

30

th July

, 2013.

I, PHIL HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 5

(1A) of the

Electoral Act 1997

(No. 25 of 1997) inserted by

section 23

of the

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013

(No. 27 of 2013), hereby order as follows