Electoral Act, 1992
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Adaptation or modification where there is emergency or special difficulty. |
164.—(1) The Minister may, in any case in which it appears to him that there is an emergency or special difficulty, by order make such adaptation or modification of any statute, order or regulation relating to the registration of Dáil electors, presidential electors, Seanad electors, European electors or local government electors or the conduct of Dáil elections, presidential elections, Seanad elections, European elections, local elections or referenda, as may in his opinion be necessary to enable such registration to be duly carried out or such election or referendum to be duly held, subject to compliance with the principles laid down in the relevant Acts taken as a whole. | |
(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the order has been laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. | ||
(3) In this section— | ||
(a) “Seanad electors” has the same meaning as in the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act, 1937 , | ||
(b) “Seanad elections” has the same meaning as in the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act, 1937 , and in the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1947 , | ||
(c) “referenda” has the same meaning as in the Referendum Act, 1942 , | ||
(d) “the relevant Acts” means— | ||
(i) in the case of the registration of presidential electors, Dáil electors, European electors and local government electors, this Act, and in the case of the registration of Seanad electors, the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act, 1937 , | ||
(ii) in the case of the conduct of elections or a referendum, as the context may require, this Act, the Presidential Elections Acts, 1937 to 1992, the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Acts, 1937 to 1973, the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Acts, 1947 to 1972, the European Assembly Elections Acts, 1977 to 1992, the Local Elections Acts, 1963 to 1992, and the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1992. |