S.I. No. 417/2019 - Citizens’ Assemblies Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019

1. This Order may be cited as the Citizens’ Assemblies Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019.

2. The 6th day of August 2019 is appointed to be the day on which the

Citizens’ Assemblies Act 2019

(No. 25 of 2019) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 August, 2019.

EOGHAN MURPHY,

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

)

This Order brings into operation the provisions of the

Citizens‘ Assemblies Act 2019

which provides for the use of information in the register of electors for selecting members of certain Citizens’ Assemblies.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

9

th August,

2019.

I, Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of

section 2

of the

Citizens’ Assemblies Act 2019

(No. 25 of 2019), hereby order as follows