Electoral (Amendment) Act 2014

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Number 8 of 2014


ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014


CONTENTS

Section

1. Amendment of Electoral Act 1992

2. Amendment of European Parliament Elections Act 1997

3. Short title, construction and collective citations


Acts Referred to

Electoral Act 1992 (No. 23)

Electoral Acts 1992 to 2014

European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)

European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2014

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Number 8 of 2014


ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014


An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1992 and the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 ; and to provide for related matters.

[16 th April, 2014]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

Amendment of Electoral Act 1992

1. The Electoral Act 1992 is amended—

(a) in section 41—

(i) in paragraph (j), by deleting “or”, and

(ii) by repealing paragraph (k),

and

(b) in section 42—

(i) in subsection (1), by substituting “subsection (2) ” for “subsections (2) and (3) ”,

(ii) by repealing subsection (3), and

(iii) in subsection (4), by deleting “or (3) ”.

Amendment of European Parliament Elections Act 1997

2. Section 11 of the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 is amended in subsection (2) (a) by substituting “paragraphs (f) to (j) ” for “paragraphs (f) to (k) ”.

Short title, construction and collective citations

3. (1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2014.

(2) This Act shall be included in the collective citation “Electoral Acts 1992 to 2014” and shall be read together as one with those Acts.

(3) This Act (in so far as it relates to European Parliament elections) shall be included in the collective citation “European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2014” and shall (in so far as it so relates) be read together as one with those Acts.