Foreword
Pursuant to Section 14(1) of the Referendum Act 1998, I hereby present to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the report of the Referendum Commission on the performance of its functions in respect of the referendum on the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009.
On 7 July 2009, the Minister established the Referendum Commission by order to carry out the functions conferred on it by the Referendum Act 1998, as amended by the Referendum Act 2001, in respect of the referendum.
Following my nomination by the Chief Justice, I became Chairman of the Commission, the other four members being the specified ex officio appointees.
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Frank Clarke
Chairman
Referendum Commission
January 2010