S.I. No. 122/1998:

REFERENDUM ACT, 1994 REFERENDUM (SPECIAL DIFFICULTY) ORDER, 1998.

REFERENDUM ACT, 1994 REFERENDUM (SPECIAL DIFFICULTY) ORDER, 1998.

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 164 (1) of the Electoral Act, 1992 hereby orders as follows:

1. This order may be cited as the Referendum (Special Difficulty) Order, 1998.

2. In this order--

"the Act of 1992" means the Electoral Act, 1992 ;

"the referenda" means the referenda to be held on the proposals for the amendment of the Constitution contained in the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998 and in the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998.

3. For the purposes of the referenda on the proposals contained in the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998 and in the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998 the polls at which are to be taken on the 22nd day of May, 1998, section 23 (1) of the Referendum Act, 1994 shall have effect as if there were inserted after paragraph (a) thereof the following paragraph:

"(aa) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), where by reason of the extent of the matters proposed for amendment in the referenda it would not be practical or possible to include the same as provided in that paragraph in a polling information card, the statements in relation to the proposals the subject of the referenda may be supplied in a separate document and such document shall include the notice set out in the Table to this paragraph and shall for the purposes of subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 92 of the Act of 1992 (as applied by section 32 of the Referendum Act, 1994 ) be deemed to be a polling information card.

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EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BILL, 1998

NINETEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BILL, 1998

Statements for the information of voters pursuant to section 23 of the Referendum Act, 1994 , in relation to the proposals to amend Article 29 of the Constitution, which are contained in the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998 and in the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998 and are the subject of constitutional referenda on 22 May, 1998.

Local Returning Officer.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, this 23rd day of April, 1998.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order provides for the sending of a copy of the statements for the information of voters relating to the proposals for the amendment of the Constitution contained in the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998 and in the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998 to electors separately from the polling information card.