Electoral (Dublin Commercial) Act, 1930

The register of commercial electors.

2.—(1) The register of commercial electors required by section 34 of the Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930 (No, 27 of 1930), to be prepared and maintained shall be prepared and maintained under and in accordance with this Act.

(2) Subject and without prejudice to the provisions of the said section 34 , the following provisions shall have effect in relation to the persons, who are entitled under that section to be registered in the register of commercial electors, that is to say:—

(a) where an individual is the rated occupier of premises and that individual carries on business in those premises under a partnership or trade name either alone or in partnership with another person or other persons, no person other than the said individual alone shall be entitled under the said section 34 to be registered in the said register in respect of those premises;

(b) where the rated occupier of premises is entered in the rate-books under a trade name, such rated occupier, if entitled to be registered in the said register in respect of those premises, shall be so registered in such trade name;

(c) where the rated occupier of premises is a partnership and is entered in the rate-books in the partnership name, such rated occupier, if entitled to be registered in the said register in respect of those premises, shall be so registered in the said partnership name;

(d) an individual who is the rated occupier of premises shall not be deemed to carry on business in those premises merely by reason of his being employed in those premises by a person who carries on business therein or his being a director or manager of a company which carries on business therein;

(e) where the rated occupier of premises is entered in the rate-books under a partnership name or trade name, such rated occupier shall not be deemed to occupy such premises for the purpose of carrying on business therein unless business is carried on therein under that partnership name or trade name.

In this subsection the word “premises” means a hereditament or tenement separately valued under the Valuation Acts, and references to carrying on business shall be construed as including the carrying on of any business, profession, trade, manufacture, or other commercial or industrial pursuit.