Statutory body which provided information on referendums in Ireland
A Referendum Commission (Irish: An Coimisiún Reifrinn) was an independent statutory body in Ireland which had been set up in advance of referendums in Ireland from 1998 to 2019. The Referendum Act 1998 as amended by the Referendum Act 2001 provided for the establishment of the body.[1][2] It was superseded in 2023 by the Electoral Commission, established on a permanent basis.
^Referendum Act 1998 (No. 1 of 1998). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 15 May 2012.
^Referendum Act 2001 (No. 53 of 2001). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 July 2008.
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