Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013

PART 4

Supplements to Postal and Special Voters Lists

Amendment of section 15A of Act of 1992

20. The Act of 1992 is amended, in section 15A (inserted by paragraph (c) of section 76 of the Act of 1997)—

(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) An application by an elector to have his or her name entered in the supplement to the postal voters list received by the registration authority on or after—

(a) the third day after the date of the dissolution of the Dáil at a general election,

(b) the third day after the date of the making of the order appointing polling day at a Dáil bye-election, or

(c) the twenty-first day (disregarding any excluded day) before polling day at a presidential, European, or local election, or a referendum,

shall not have effect in relation to that election or referendum.”,

and

(b) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (5):

“(5) As soon as practicable after—

(a) in the case of a general election, the third day after the date of the dissolution of the Dáil,

(b) in the case of a Dáil bye-election, the third day after the date of the making of the order appointing polling day, or

(c) in the case of a presidential, European, or local election, or a referendum, the twenty-first day (disregarding any excluded day) before polling day,

the registration authority shall publish a list of the names of the electors (if any) whose applications to be entered in the supplement to the postal voters list were received before that date and allowed by the registration authority.”.