Referendum (Special Difficulty) Order, 2001
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This order may be cited as the Referendum (Special Difficulty) Order, 2001.
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paragraphs: 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 Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, 2001, in the Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 and in the Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001.
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paragraphs: For the purposes of the referenda on the proposals contained in the Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, 2001, in the Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 and in the Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001, the polls at which are to be taken on the 7th day of June, 2001, 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.
Table
May 2001
Referendums on 7th June, 2001
Dear Elector,
On behalf of the local returning officer for your constituency I am sending you this booklet containing the Statements for the Information of Voters, which have been prescribed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, for the 3 referendums at which you are entitled to vote on the 7th June, 2001. The Referendum Commission will publish material explaining the three proposals which are the subject of the referendums and summarising the arguments for voting in favour of the proposals and the arguments for voting against the proposals.
In addition (unless you are a postal or special voter), you will receive from your local returning officer a polling information card informing you of your number on the register of electors, the date of the poll at the referendums, the polling station at which you should attend at in order to vote, and the documents which are acceptable as evidence of identity in order to vote.
Yours sincerely,
P Greene
Referendum Returning Officer
Bealtaine 2001
Reifrinn 7Ãº Meitheamh, 2001
A thoghthÃ³ra, a chara,
Ar son cheann chomhairimh do thoghcheantar, tÃ¡ mÃ© ag cur chugat an leabhrÃ¡n seo ina bhfuil RÃ¡itis Eolais do VÃ³tÃ³irÃ­ atÃ¡ leagtha sÃ­os ag dhÃ¡ Theach an Oireachtais le haghaidh trÃ­ reifreann a bhfuil tÃº i dteideal vÃ³taÃ­ a chaitheamh iontu ar an 7Ãº Meitheamh 2001. Foilseoidh an CoimisiÃºn Reifrinn Ã¡bhar a mhÃ­neoidh na trÃ­ mholadh atÃ¡ i gceist sna reifrinn agus cuimriÃº ar na hargÃ³intÃ­ ar son vÃ³tÃ¡la ar son na moltaÃ­ agus ar na hargÃ³intÃ­ ar son vÃ³tÃ¡la in aghaidh na moltaÃ­.
Ina dteannta sin (mura vÃ³tÃ³ir poist nÃ³ vÃ³tÃ³ir speisialta thÃº), gheobhaidh tÃº Ã³n gceann comhairimh Ã¡itiÃºil cÃ¡rta eolais toghchÃ¡naÃ­ochta a lÃ©ireoidh d'uimhir ar chlÃ¡r na dtoghthÃ³irÃ­, dÃ¡ta na vÃ³tÃ¡la sna reifrinn, an stÃ¡isiÃºn vÃ³tÃ¡la ar cheart duit dul chun do vÃ³ta a chaitheamh, agus na doicimÃ©id atÃ¡ inghlactha mar chruthÃº aitheantais chun vÃ³ta a chaitheamh.
Is mise, le meas,
P Greene
Ceann Comhairimh an Reifrinn”
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the
Minister for the Environment and Local
Government this 15th day of May, 2001.
NOEL DEMPSEY
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Minister for the Environment and Local Government
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.
This order modifies section 23 of the Referendum Act, 1994 to enable the statements for the information of voters at the referendums on the Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, 2001, the Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 and the Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001, which were prescribed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, to issue to each presidential elector separate from the polling information card.