S.I. No. 33/2002 - Referendum Act, 1998 Referendum Commission (Establishment) Order, 2002

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by 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, 2002.

2.         A Referendum Commission is hereby established to undertake the functions assigned to 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-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Bill, 2001.