Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013

Amendment of section 11 of European Parliament Elections Act 1997

5. Section 11 of the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

“(d) being a national of a Member State other than the State or the United Kingdom, stands deprived, as a result of an individual judicial decision, or an administrative decision that may be subject to judicial remedies, of the right to stand as a candidate under the law of that person’s home Member State, or”,

and

(b) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) Where a citizen of Ireland proposes to stand as a candidate at an election in the Member State, other than the State or the United Kingdom, in which the citizen resides, the Minister (who shall be the competent administrative authority for the State) shall, as soon as practicable and not later than five working days after receipt of notification from a Member State of a declaration made by that citizen referred to in Article 10(1) of the Directive, furnish to the Member State any information available to the Minister indicating whether the citizen stands deprived, as a result of an individual judicial decision, or an administrative decision that may be subject to judicial remedies, of the right to stand as a candidate under the law of the State.”.