DÃ¡il Elections Free Postage Scheme, 1992.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (i) This scheme may be cited as the DÃ¡il Elections Free Postage Scheme, 1992.
(ii) The DÃ¡il Elections Free Postage Regulations, 1961 ( S.I. No. 195 of 1961 ), the DÃ¡il Elections Free Postage (Amendment) Scheme, 1984 ( S.I. No. 291 of 1984 ), and the DÃ¡il Elections Free Postage (Amendment) Scheme, 1990 ( S.I. No. 251 of 1990 ), are hereby revoked.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Scheme.
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paragraphs: In this Scheme—
"the Act" means the Electoral Act, 1992 (No. 23 of 1992);
"agent" means the election agent of a candidate;
"candidate" means a candidate in an election;
"communication" means a communication which pursuant to Section 57 of the Act, may be sent, free of any charge for postage, by a candidate to each person on the register of DÃ¡il electors for a constituency, or to any combination of such persons;
"constituency" means a constituency for a DÃ¡il election;
"election" means a DÃ¡il election;
"elector" means a person whose name is on the register of DÃ¡il electors for a constituency;
"postal vote" means a vote cast by an elector on the postal voters' list for a constituency;
"postal voters' list" means the postal voters' list for a constituency in a DÃ¡il election.
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paragraphs: Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, no communication addressed to an elector or to any combination of electors in a constituency shall be posted, conveyed or delivered by post unless the communication is posted within the constituency, or if posted outside the constituency, the permission of the head postmaster of the district in which communications are to be posted has been obtained.
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paragraphs: Notice of intention to post communications shall be given by the candidate or by his agent not later than the day before posting to the head postmaster of the district in which they are to be posted.
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paragraphs: A communication addressed to an elector or to any combination of electors may be posted at any post office in that constituency, or, if the permission of the head postmaster of a district in the constituency has been obtained, at a sub-post office in that district.
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paragraphs: Where a candidate or his agent wishes to post communications at different post offices within a constituency he shall make arrangements for that purpose before doing so with one only of the head postmasters in the constituency.
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paragraphs: The following conditions shall apply in relation to communications:—
( a ) communication shall either be enclosed in closed or unclosed covers or be folded or be in such other form (whether or not in covers) consistent with this Scheme as shall, in the opinion of An Post, not be likely to impede sorting or to entrap other postal packets,
( b ) the words "Litir um ThoghchÃ¡n" or the words "Election Communication" or other words approved by An Post prior to posting indicating that postage is not required to be prepaid by the candidate, shall be printed or stamped or legibly written at the top of the address side of the communication or, if the communication is enclosed in a cover, of the cover.
( c ) A communication shall not exceed 235mm in length and 120mm in width and the weight of a communication shall not exceed 50 grammes,
( d ) communications shall be handed in between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon at such post office as shall be designated for that purpose by the head postmaster to whom notice of intention to post such communications has been given,
( e ) communications shall be—
(i) faced the same way,
(ii) tied in bundles of 120 communications, and
(iii) as far as possible sorted according to streets or districts,
( f ) where permission has been given by a head postmaster to post any communications outside the constituency concerned, those communications shall be tied in separate bundles,
( g ) An Post shall not be under any obligation to deliver wrongly addressed or insufficiently addressed communications,