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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1985 S.I. No. 402/1985 - Registration of Electors (Amendment) Regulations, 1985. S.I. No. 402/1985 - Registration of Electors (Amendment) Regulations, 1985. AmendmentsLeasuithe S.I. No. 402 of 1985. REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1985. The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 7 of the Electoral Act, 1963 (No. 19 of 1963) as amended by section 4 of the Juries Act, 1976 (No. 4 of 1976) and as adapted by the Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 269 of 1977 ), section 3 of the European Assembly Elections Act, 1977 (No. 30 of 1977) and section 5 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1985 (No. 12 of 1985), hereby makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been approved by a resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Electors (Amendment) Regulations, 1985. 2. The Registration of Electors Regulations, 1963 and 1977, and these Regulations shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Registration of Electors Regulations, 1963 to 1985. 3. In these Regulations— "the Principal Regulations" means the Registration of Electors and Juries Acts (Specification of Dates) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 169 of 1963 ) as amended by the Registration of Electors (Amendment) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 381 of 1977 ). 4. Article 3
(1)of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by ( a ) the insertion in the definition of "elector" before "a Dáil elector" of "a presidential elector, "; ( b ) the substitution for the definition of "the register" of the following: " 'the register' means, as the context may require, the register of presidential, Dáil, European Assembly and local government electors or the register of presidential electors or the register of Dáil electors or the register of European Assembly electors or the register of local government electors and, where the context so requires, includes the postal voters list;" and ( c ) the addition of the following definition— "'Dáil constituency' means a constituency for which candidates may be elected at a Dáil election.". 5. Article 4
(3)of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the addition of the words "and section 3 of the European Assembly Elections Act, 1977 , and section 5 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1985 ".
- The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution for article 6 of the following article: "
- The parts of the register for the polling districts in a Dáil constituency, so far as they relate to presidential electors, shall be the register of presidential electors for that constituency and, so far as they relate to Dáil electors, shall be the register of Dáil electors for that constituency and the parts of the register for the polling districts in a European Assembly constituency, so far as they relate to European Assembly electors, shall be the register of European Assembly electors for that constituency and the parts of the register for the polling districts in a local electoral area, so far as they relate to local government electors, shall be the register of local government electors for that area.".
- Article 8
(3)of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion after paragraph (
- b)of the following paragraph— "(
- bb)to provide documentary evidence or to make a statutory declaration that he is a person entitled to be registered as a Dáil elector under section 5 (1A) of the Electoral Act, 1963 (inserted by section 2 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1985 );". 8. Article 9
(1)(b) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion of "Dáil" before "constituency" where it first occurs. 9. Article 16
(4)(b) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion of "Dáil" before "constituency" where it first occurs. 10. Article 18
(4)(
- a)and (
- b)of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion of "Dáil" before "constituency" in each place where it occurs. 11. The following forms are hereby substituted for Form R.F.1 and Form R.F.2, respectively, in the First Schedule to the Principal Regulations: Article 5 "REGISTER OF ELECTORS R.F.1 in force from ......................................................,19 to............................................................ ...............................,19 County (Borough)............................................................ ............................................................ ................................ Dáil Constituency............................................................ ............................................................ ................................ European Assembly Constituency............................................................ ............................................................ ...... Polling District............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................... District Electoral Division (or ward)............................................................ ............................................................ ... County (Borough) Electoral Area............................................................ ............................................................ ........ Urban (Town) Electoral Area............................................................ ............................................................ ............. The following letters against a person's name mean that the person— (D) — may vote at Dáil elections, European Assembly elections and local elections only; (E) — may vote at European Assembly and local elections only; (L) — may vote at local elections only; (P) — may vote only by post. BEFORE USING THIS REGISTER, CHECK IF THERE IS A SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING CORRECTIONS ............................................Registration Authority .............................................Address .............................................Date Number Name and Address Article 10 REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS LIST OF CLAIMS R.F.2 Dáil Constituency..............................* (Remainder in............................................................ ) The following letters against a person's name mean that the person— (D) — may vote at Dáil elections, European Assembly elections and local elections only; (E) — may vote at European Assembly elections and local elections only; (L) — may vote at local elections only; (P) — may vote only by post. ANY OBJECTIONS TO A CLAIM IN THIS LIST SHOULD BE LODGED WITH THE REGISTRATION AUTHORITY AT THE ADDRESS UNDER ON OR BEFORE (insert here the last date for making claims in respect of names appearing in the list of claims), Number and polling district letter Name and address Nature of claim County (Borough) Electoral Area of............................................................ ................................................† (Remainder in the Dáil constituency of............................................................ ...........................................) District electoral division (or ward)............................................................ ................................................. Urban District of............................................................ ............................................................ ..................... Town of............................................................ ............................................................ ................................... ............................................Registration Authority ............................................Address ............................................Date *Where a Dáil constituency is situated in more than one county the name of the county or counties where the remainder is situated should be inserted here. †Where a local electoral area is situated in more than one Dáil constituency the name of the Dáil constituency or constituencies where the remainder is situated should be inserted here.". GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 6th day of December, 1985. LIAM KAVANAGH, Minister for the Environment. EXPLANATORY NOTE. These Regulations amend the principal forms to be used in the registration of persons as electors and make other minor technical amendments to the Registration of Electors Regulations, 1963 and 1977, consequent on the enactment of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1985 . Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais