European Parliament (Irish Constituency Members) Act 2009
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Definitions. |
1.— In this Act— | |
“Act of 1979” means European Assembly (Irish Representatives) Act 1979 ; | ||
“Act of 1997” means European Parliament Elections Act 1997 ; | ||
“Act of 2001” means Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 ; | ||
“Article”, in relation to a numbered Article, means the Article so numbered of the Decision; | ||
“Decision” means Decision of the European Parliament of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (No. 2005/684/EC, Euratom 1 ); | ||
“European election ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 of the Act of 1997; | ||
“ member ” means a person who is elected under the Act of 1997, or is regarded under that Act as having been so elected, to be a member of the Parliament; | ||
“ Minister ” means Minister for Finance; | ||
“ Parliament ” means European Parliament; | ||
“ parliamentary term ” means a parliamentary term of the Parliament; | ||
“ 2009 European election ” means the European election held in 2009. | ||