Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998
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The Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 (No. 19) was a law of Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies in light of the 1996 census. It took effect on the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on 25 April 2002 and a general election for the 29th Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 17 May 2002.
Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 | |
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Oireachtas | |
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Citation | No. 19 of 1998 |
Signed | 16 June 1998 |
Commenced | 25 April 2002 |
Repealed | 29 April 2007 |
Bill citation | No. 30 of 1998 |
Introduced by | Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Noel Dempsey) |
Repeals | |
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995 | |
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Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 | |
Status: Repealed |
In September 1997, the Minister for the Environment and Local Government established an independent Constituency Commission under terms of the Electoral Act 1997.[1] This was the first commission established on a statutory basis, with its terms of reference defined in the legislation. The commission was chaired by Richard Johnson, judge of the High Court, and delivered its report in March 1998.[2][3] The Act implemented the recommendations of the report and repealed the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995, which had defined constituencies since the 1997 general election.[4]
It was repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the 2007 general election for the 30th Dáil held on 24 May 2007.[5]