S.I. No. 257/2009 - Referendum Commission (Establishment) Order 2009

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S.I. No. 257 of 2009
REFERENDUM COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER 2009
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 10th July, 2009.
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsections (1) and (8) of section 2 of the Referendum Act 1998 (No. 1 of 1998), hereby orders as follows:
1. This order may be cited as the Referendum Commission (Establishment) Order 2009.
2. A Referendum Commission is hereby established to perform the functions conferred on it by the Referendum Act 1998 , as amended by the Referendum Act 2001 , in relation to the proposal for an amendment of the Constitution contained in the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009.
3. The 7th day of July 2009 is hereby appointed to be the day for the purposes of section 2(5) of the Referendum Act 1998 in respect of the chairperson of the Referendum Commission established by Article 2 of this order.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
7 July 2009
JOHN GORMLEY.
Minister for the Environment, Heritage 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 Referendum Commission for the purposes of the Referendum Acts 1998 and 2001 in connection with the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009 and appoints the 7th of July 2009 as the day on which the position of chairperson of the Commission takes effect.

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