Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th July, 2016. | ||
I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 5 (1) of the Electoral Act 1997 (No. 25 of 1997), hereby order as follows: | ||
1. This order may be cited as the Constituency Commission (Establishment) Order 2016. | ||
2. A Constituency Commission is hereby established to perform the function assigned to it by Part II of the Electoral Act 1997 . | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
14 July 2016. | ||
SIMON COVENEY, | ||
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 following on from Census 2016. |