European Assembly Elections Act, 1977

Franchise and registration.

3.—(1) A person shall be entitled to be registered as an Assembly elector in a constituency, if he has reached the age of eighteen years and if, on the qualifying date, he was ordinarily resident in that constituency and was either,

(a) a citizen of Ireland, or

(b) a national of a Member State other than the State.

(2) Part II of the Act of 1963 (apart from subsections (1) and (2) of section 5), as amended by section 1 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1966 , and section 4 of the Juries Act, 1976 , shall apply as regards the registration of Assembly electors pursuant to this section and the register referred to in section 6 (1) of the Act of 1963 shall, in so far as it relates to persons entitled to vote at Assembly elections, be the register of European Assembly electors.

(3) For the purpose of giving effect to subsection (2) of this section each of the references in subsections (4), (5), (5A) (inserted by section 1 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1966 ) or (6) of section 5 of the Act of 1963 to “the purposes of this section” shall be construed as including a reference to the purposes of this section.

(4) In this section—

“national of a Member State” has the meaning it has in the treaties;

“the qualifying date” means the date specified by the Minister under section 5 (6) of the Act of 1963.