Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1986
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Interpretation. |
1.—In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1923” means the Electoral Act, 1923 ; | ||
“the Act of 1963” means the Electoral Act, 1963 ; | ||
“the Acts” means, as the context may require, the Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1986, the European Assembly Elections Acts, 1977 to 1986, the Presidential Elections Acts, 1937 to 1985, and the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1986; | ||
“appropriate time” has the meaning specified in section 10 of this Act; | ||
“ballot paper envelope” has (other than in section 16 of this Act) the meaning specified in section 10 of this Act; | ||
“covering envelope” has (other than in section 16 of this Act) the meaning specified in section 10 of this Act; | ||
“election” means, as the context may require, a Dáil election, a European Assembly election, a presidential election, a referendum or a local election and “elector” shall be construed accordingly; | ||
“medical practitioner” means a person whose name is entered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners established under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 ; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by Regulations made by the Minister; | ||
“qualifying date” means the date specified by the Minister in Regulations made pursuant to section 5 (6) (a) of the Act of 1963; | ||
“returning officer” means, as the context may require, the returning officer at a Dáil election or at a local election or the local returning officer at a presidential election, at a European Assembly election or at a referendum; | ||
“special presiding officer” means a person appointed to be a special presiding officer pursuant to section 9 of this Act; | ||
“special voter” means a person whose name is included in the special voters list; | ||
“special voters list” means the list of voters prepared by the registration authority pursuant to section 2 of this Act. |