Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: —In this Act “the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment.
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paragraphs: —DÃ¡il Ãireann shall, after the dissolution thereof which next occurs after the passing of this Act, consist of one hundred and sixty-six members.
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paragraphs: —(1) The members of DÃ¡il Ãireann shall, after the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act, represent the constituencies specified in the Schedule to this Act.
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paragraphs: —A constituency specified in the Schedule to this Act shall return the number of members set out in respect thereof in the third column of that Schedule.
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paragraphs: —For the purposes of section 14 (1) (b) of the Electoral Act, 1963 , the constituency of Donegal South-West specified in the Schedule to this Act is hereby declared to correspond to the constituency of Donegal specified in the Schedule to the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974 .
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paragraphs: —(1) Where a polling district or part of a polling district is situate in a constituency specified in the Schedule to this Act which is identical in area with none of the constituencies existing on the passing of this Act, the Minister may by direction provide for the entry of the name of that constituency in respect of the polling district or part of the polling district, in every draft register, list of claimants, register of electors and list of corrections prepared under Part II of the Electoral Act, 1963 , and published by a registration authority before the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act.
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paragraphs: —(1) Where a polling district existing at the passing of this Act is not wholly situate within one of the constituencies specified in the Schedule to this Act, the appropriate officer, after consultation with the returning officer for the constituency concerned, shall, with respect to the part of the polling district situate in a constituency so specified—
(a) join it or parts of it with any adjoining polling district or districts, or
(b) constitute it as a polling district and appoint a polling place for it.
(2) An arrangement made pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section—
(a) shall be subject to confirmation by the Minister who may confirm the arrangement with or without modification,
(b) shall not have effect in relation to any bye-election occurring before the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act, and
(c) shall have effect until (and only until) the first scheme under section 22 of the Electoral Act, 1963 , in relation to the county or county borough in which the polling district is situate comes into operation after the passing of this Act.
(3) In this section “the appropriate officer” means—
(a) in relation to a polling district situate in a county borough, the manager for the purposes of the Acts relating to the management of the county borough (including a person duly appointed either as deputy for such manager or to act in the place of such manager during his absence or incapacity or during a vacancy in his office),
(b) in relation to any other polling district, the secretary of the council of the county in which the polling district is situate (including a person duly appointed either as deputy for such secretary or to act in the place of such secretary).
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paragraphs: —(1) The Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974 , is hereby repealed.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act.
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paragraphs: —(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980.
(2) This Act and the Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1974, shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1980.