Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1986
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Amendment of Electoral Act, 1963 . |
1.— Section 11 of the Electoral Act, 1963 , is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): | ||
“(1) (a) The returning officer for a constituency shall be— | ||
(i) in case the whole of the constituency is situate in a specified county or specified county borough, the sheriff for the specified county or specified county borough, | ||
(ii) in case part of the constituency is situate in a specified county and part in a specified county borough, such one of the sheriffs for the specified county or specified county borough as the Minister appoints from time to time, | ||
(iii) in case part of the constituency is situate in a specified county or specified county borough or in both and part in another county, such one of the following as the Minister appoints from time to time, namely, the sheriff for the specified county or the specified county borough or the county registrar for the other county, | ||
(iv) in any other case, the county registrar or, where part of the constituency has one county registrar and part another county registrar or parts other county registrars, such one of the county registrars as the Minister appoints from time to time. | ||
(b) In this section references to a specified county or specified county borough are references to the counties of Cork and Dublin and the county boroughs of Cork and Dublin.”, | ||
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(b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of subsection (2): | ||
“(c) In this subsection ‘appropriate officer’, in relation to part of a constituency, means— | ||
(i) in case the part is situated in a specified county or specified county borough, the sheriff of the specified county or specified county borough, | ||
(ii) in case the part is situated in any other county or county borough, the county registrar for the county or county borough.”. |