Worker Participation (State Enterprises) (General) Regulations, 1988.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) (General) Regulations, 1988.
2 Interpretation.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
"the Acts" means the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Acts 1977 and 1988;
"the Act of 1988" means the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988 (No. 13 of 1988);
"list of electors" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 17 of these Regulations;
"notice of election" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 8 of these Regulations;
"notice of poll", in relation to an election, means the notice given by the returning officer in pursuance of section 12 (4) (as amended by section 17 of the Act of 1988) of the Principal Act;
"polling day" means in relation to an election—
( a ) in case at the election a polling day is fixed pursuant to section 12 (as amended by section 17 of the Act of 1988) of the Principal Act, that day, and
( b ) in case at the election a polling period is so fixed, the day appointed for the purposes of paragraph (b) of section 12 (3) of the Principal Act;
"the Postal Voting Regulations" means the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) (Postal Voting) Regulations, 1988;
"the Principal Act" means the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1977 (No. 6 of 1977);
"qualified body" means a qualified body for the purposes of section 11 of the Principal Act;
"special regulations" means regulations made under the Acts and which apply—
(a) to elections which relate to a particular designated body or to particular such bodies specified in the regulations, or
(b) to a particular election or to particular elections so specified.
(2) Every reference to a particular officer shall be construed as including a reference to any person duly appointed to act on his behalf in accordance with these Regulations.
3 Returning officer to prepare list of bodies recognised for collective bargaining negotiations.
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paragraphs: A returning officer shall prepare and maintain a list of trade unions or other bodies in relation to which he is satisfied that the body is recognised for the purposes of collective bargaining negotiations by the relevant designated body.
4 Election office.
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paragraphs: The returning officer for an election shall appoint a place to be his office for the purposes of the election.
5 Officers not to act as agents, etc..
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paragraphs: (1) The returning officer or any person duly authorised by him to act in any way on his behalf at an election shall not be a candidate or an agent of a candidate at the election or promote the candidature of any candidate at the election.
(2) The returning officer shall not authorise to act in any way on his behalf at the election a person who to his knowledge is or has been the agent of a candidate at the election or who to his knowledge has at the election promoted the candidature of a candidate.
6 General provisions as to agents.
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paragraphs: (1) Each candidate at an election may appoint agents to be present on his behalf as regards the election—
(a) in polling places for the purpose of assisting the detection of personation; and
(b) at the counting of the votes.
(2) No candidate at an election may appoint more than one agent for each polling place.
(3) The number of agents who may be present at the counting of votes may be determined by the returning officer provided that the same number shall be allowed on behalf of each candidate at the election.
(4) Where at an election an agent is appointed under this Regulation, the candidate shall give to the returning officer notice in writing of the appointment and such notice shall be received by the returning officer not less than fourteen days before the polling day.
(5) Anything required by these Regulations to be done in the presence of agents shall not be invalidated by reason of any such agent or agents not being present at the time and place appointed for doing such thing.
7 Publication of notices.
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paragraphs: Any notice required by the Principal Act or these Regulations to be given by the returning officer may be given by means of any method which the returning officer thinks appropriate.
8 Notice of election.
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paragraphs: Where a nomination day has been fixed in accordance with section 6 (inserted by section 10 of the Act of 1988) of the Principal Act, the returning officer at an election shall, not later than seventy days before the nomination day, give, in such manner as he considers appropriate, notice of the election (in these Regulations referred to as the "notice of election") which notice shall state—
(a) the stated day;
(b) the hours during which and the place or places at which the relevant list of electors may be inspected pursuant to section 10(5) of the Principal Act or Regulation 17 of these Regulations;
(c) the times, manner in which and places at which nomination papers are available;
(d) the place or places and times at which the returning officer will attend on the nomination day, or (where provided for in accordance with section 8 of the Principal Act (inserted by section 16 of the Act of 1988)) during the nomination period, to receive completed nomination papers;
(e) the location of the office appointed under Regulation 4 of these Regulations;
(f) the manner in which and time within which applications to vote by post should be made to the returning officer, should the election be adjourned for the taking of a poll, and the circumstances in which the applications will be allowed;
(g) the times and places at which the application forms for postal ballot papers may be obtained; and
(h) any other particulars which the returning officer considers appropriate.
9 Nomination of candidates.
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paragraphs: (1) A person shall not be nominated at an election or have his proposed nomination, after it has been delivered to the returning officer, withdrawn without his consent.
(2) At an election a person shall not be entitled to have his name entered on a ballot paper unless he has been duly nominated and his nomination has been ruled as being valid by the returning officer.