Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1986
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: — Section 11 of the Electoral Act, 1963 , is hereby amended by—
(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
“(1) (a) The returning officer for a constituency shall be—
(i) in case the whole of the constituency is situate in a specified county or specified county borough, the sheriff for the specified county or specified county borough,
(ii) in case part of the constituency is situate in a specified county and part in a specified county borough, such one of the sheriffs for the specified county or specified county borough as the Minister appoints from time to time,
(iii) in case part of the constituency is situate in a specified county or specified county borough or in both and part in another county, such one of the following as the Minister appoints from time to time, namely, the sheriff for the specified county or the specified county borough or the county registrar for the other county,
(iv) in any other case, the county registrar or, where part of the constituency has one county registrar and part another county registrar or parts other county registrars, such one of the county registrars as the Minister appoints from time to time.
(b) In this section references to a specified county or specified county borough are references to the counties of Cork and Dublin and the county boroughs of Cork and Dublin.”,
and
(b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of subsection (2):
“(c) In this subsection ‘appropriate officer’, in relation to part of a constituency, means—
(i) in case the part is situated in a specified county or specified county borough, the sheriff of the specified county or specified county borough,
(ii) in case the part is situated in any other county or county borough, the county registrar for the county or county borough.”.
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paragraphs: — Section 14 of the European Assembly Elections Act, 1977 , is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
“(2) There shall for the purposes of this Act be a local returning officer for every county or county borough contained in a constituency and the local returning officer shall be—
(a) in the case of the counties of Cork and Dublin and the county boroughs of Cork and Dublin, the sheriff, and
(b) in every other case, the county registrar.”.
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paragraphs: —At a constitutional referendum in relation to the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1986—
(a) a polling card sent under section 64 (1) of the Electoral Act, 1963 , as amended by section 3 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1985 , shall contain the statements set out in Parts I and II of the Appendix to this section,
(b) a polling card shall also be sent by the local returning officer for a constituency to every elector whose name is on the register of presidential electors for such constituency and is on the postal voters list for such constituency,
(c) a polling card sent under paragraph (b) of this section—
(i) shall indicate that it is for a postal voter and shall accordingly not state the number and place referred to in the said section 64 (1),
(ii) shall contain the statements referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, and
(iii) shall be sent by post to the elector at the same time as his ballot paper is sent, being addressed to him at the same address as is stated on the envelope in which the ballot paper is sent,
(d) subsections (3) to (6) of the said section 64 shall apply in relation to polling cards sent under paragraph (b) of this section,
(e) copies of the statements referred to in paragraph (a) of this section shall be displayed by a presiding officer in and in the precincts of his polling station:
Provided that the referendum shall not be invalidated by reason of any failure to display such copies in or in the precincts of any polling station,
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paragraphs: —(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1986.
(2) The Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1985, and section 1 of this Act may be cited together as the Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1986.
(3) The European Assembly Elections Acts, 1977 and 1984, and section 2 of this Act may be cited together as the European Assembly Elections Acts, 1977 to 1986.
(4) (a) The Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1985 and section 3 of this Act may be cited together as the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1986.
(b) Section 3 of this Act shall be construed as one with the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1985.