European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: In this Act “Principal Act” means the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 .
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paragraphs: Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by the deletion of “or the United Kingdom” in each place that it occurs.
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paragraphs: Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended, in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), by the substitution of “sixty days” for “fifty days”.
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paragraphs: Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) in paragraph (d) of subsection (2), by the deletion of “or the United Kingdom”,
(b) in subsection (3), by the deletion of “or the United Kingdom”,
(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):
“(4) (a) A person who is elected under this Act to be a representative in the Parliament, and who when so elected, holds office as—
(i) the Attorney General,
(ii) the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the DÃ¡il or the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Seanad, or
(iii) a Minister of State,
shall, on such election and no later than taking up his or her seat in the Parliament, on the date specified by the Parliament for the taking up of such seats, cease to hold that office.
(b) A person who pursuant to section 19 of this Act is to be regarded as having been elected to be a representative in the Parliament or when he or she commences to be so regarded holds office as—
(i) the Attorney General,
(ii) the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the DÃ¡il or the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Seanad, or
(iii) a Minister of State,
shall on being regarded as having being so elected, on the day on which he or she commences to be so regarded, and no later than taking up his or her seat in the Parliament, on the date specified by the Parliament for the taking up of such seats, cease to hold that office.”,
and
(d) in subsection 4A—
(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):
“(a) A person who is elected under this Act to be a representative in the Parliament, and who, when so elected, is a member of either House of the Oireachtas, shall on such election and no later than taking up his or her seat in the Parliament, on the date specified by the Parliament for the taking up of such seats, cease to be a member of the House of the Oireachtas concerned.”,
and
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
“(b) A person who pursuant to section 19 of this Act is to be regarded as having been elected to be a representative in the Parliament or when he or she commences to be so regarded, and no later than taking up his or her seat in the Parliament, on the date specified by the Parliament for the taking up of such seats, shall cease to be a member of the House of the Oireachtas concerned.”.
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paragraphs: Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):
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paragraphs: The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—
(a) in rule 2, by the substitution of “the forty-fifth day” for “the thirty-fifth day”,
(b) in rule 5—
(i) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (c) of paragraph (1):
“(c) a form of statement indicating whether the candidate is—
(i) a citizen of Ireland, or
(ii) a national of a Member State, other than the State,
and”,
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (3):
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paragraphs: The Principal Act is amended as respects European elections held after 1 January 2019 by the substitution of the following Schedule for the Third Schedule:
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paragraphs: Section 25 of the Electoral Act 1992 is amended—
(a) in subsection (7), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (g):
“(g) the name of any political group or European political party in accordance with subsection (8), and”,
and
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (8):
“(8) Where a party which is registered in the Register as a party organised to contest a European election, or which applies for such registration in the Register, informs the Registrar that a member of the party, being a representative in the European Parliament (whether by reason of his having been elected as such a representative in the State or having been nominated as a replacement candidate under the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 ), is a member of—
(a) a political group formed in accordance with the rules of procedure of the European Parliament, or
(b) a European political party established in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations,
the Registrar shall, if that member certifies in writing to the Registrar that he is a member of that party and that political group or that European political party, note on the Register, in relation to the party, the name of that political group or that European political party.”.
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paragraphs: (1) This Act may be cited as the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019.
(2) The European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2014 and this Act (other than section 8 ) may be cited together as the European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2019 and shall be construed together as one.
(3) The Electoral Acts 1992 to 2018 and section 8 may be cited together as the Electoral Acts 1992 to 2019 and shall be construed together as one.
(4) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.