Local Elections Act, 1965

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LOCAL ELECTIONS ACT, 1965 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section

Section 1

Postponement of 1965 local elections.

Section 2

Vocational education committees.

Section 3

School attendance committees.

Section 4

Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees.

Section 5

Harbour authorities.

Section 6

Provisions with respect to certain meetings.

Section 7

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

Acts Referred to Vocational Education Act, 1930 1930, No. 29 Electoral Act, 1963 1963, No. 19 School Attendance Act, 1926 1926, No. 17 Lough Corrib Navigation Act, 1945 1945, No. 37 Harbours Act, 1946 1946, No. 9 Local Elections Act, 1927 1927, No. 39 Number 19 of 1965.

LOCAL ELECTIONS ACT, 1965 AN ACT TO POSTPONE THE 1965 LOCAL ELECTIONS AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH LOCAL ELECTIONS. [20th July, 1965.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS :— Postponement of 1965 local elections.

1.—(1) The local elections which, if this subsection were not enacted, would be held in the year 1965 shall be held in the year 1966, and the terms of office of members of local authorities current at the commencement of this Act shall stand extended accordingly.

Vocational education committees.

2.—(1) Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 9 of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 , is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (b) of “next after the local elections” for “between the 23rd day of June and the 15th day of July”.

School attendance committees.

3.—(1) In this section “the principal section” means section 10 of the School Attendance Act, 1926 , as amended by paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (5) of section 81 of the Electoral Act, 1963 .

Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees.

4.—Subsection (2) of section 7 , subsection (2) of section 8 and subsection (2) of section 9 of the Lough Corrib Navigation Act, 1945 , are each hereby amended by the substitution of “election of members of that Council” for “22nd day of June”.

Harbour authorities.

5.—The Minister for Transport and Power may— (a) with respect to subsection (8) of section 7 , subsection (10) of section 10 , subsections (1) and (2) of section 14 , subsections (1) and (2) of section 20 , subsection (3) of section 31 , subsection (1) of section 32 and subsection (1) of section 33 and section 27 of the Harbours Act, 1946 —by regulations substitute a different day for the second Thursday in the month of October referred to in those subsections and that section, (b) with respect to subsection (3) of section 8 of that Act— by regulations substitute a different day for the 7th day of July referred to in that subsection, (c) with respect to subsection (1) and subsections (3) to (9) of section 10 of that Act—by regulations substitute a different period for the period referred to in those subsections, (d) with respect to subsection (2) of section 10 and paragraph (b) of section 11 of that Act—by regulations substitute a different period for the period referred to in that subsection and that paragraph.

Provisions with respect to certain meetings.

6.—(1) Notwithstanding that the Local Elections Act, 1927 , has been repealed, the meetings referred to in subsection (1) of section 8 , subsections (1) and (2) of section 9 and subsection (2) of section 10 of that Act by reference to the period from the 23rd day of June to the 1st day of July in a year shall be held in the year 1965, and, for the purposes of this subsection, that Act (including, in particular, subsection (2) of section 8, subsection (3) of section 9, subsection (3) of section 10 and section 11) shall be regarded as not having been repealed.

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

7.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Elections Act, 1965.

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