Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2014

Absence, incapacity or vacancy in office of Clerk of Seanad Éireann

2. (1) If and so long as the office of Clerk of Seanad Éireann is vacant or the holder of that office is unable through illness, absence or other cause to perform his or her functions under any of the relevant statutory provisions, the functions conferred on the said Clerk by those provisions shall be performed by the Clerk-Assistant of Seanad Éireann and relevant references in the relevant Acts to the Clerk of Seanad Éireann shall be construed as references to the Clerk-Assistant of Seanad Éireann and any connected references shall be construed accordingly.

(2) In this section—

“relevant Acts” means—

(a) the Electoral Act 1992 ,

(b) the Presidential Elections Act 1993 ,

(c) the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, and

(d) the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 ;

“relevant statutory provisions” means—

(a) section 25B(3) of the Electoral Act 1992 ,

(b) section 15 (3) of the Presidential Elections Act 1993 ,

(c) sections 55 (1) and 81 of the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 , and

(d) sections 13 (1), 18 , 31 and 32 of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 and rule 22 of the Second Schedule to that Act.