Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th March, 2019.

I, Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12B of the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (No. 7 of 1999), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (Period for Reckoning Election Expenses) Order 2019.

2. The period referred to in section 12B of the said Act during which election expenses at local elections to be held in the year 2019 shall be reckoned for the purposes of Part IIIA of the said Act shall commence on the 30th day of March 2019.

3. The period referred to in the said section 12B shall end on the 24th day of May 2019.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 March, 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 determines the period for the reckoning of election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate, designated person, national agent of a political party, or third party at the local elections to be held on 24 May 2019, in accordance with section 12B of the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 .

Section 12A of the said Act specifies limits on electoral expenditure which may be incurred by a candidate, designated person and national agent during the period specified in the Order.