European Assembly Elections Act, 1977
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Franchise and registration. |
3.—(1) A person shall be entitled to be registered as an Assembly elector in a constituency, if he has reached the age of eighteen years and if, on the qualifying date, he was ordinarily resident in that constituency and was either, | |
(a) a citizen of Ireland, or | ||
(b) a national of a Member State other than the State. | ||
(2) Part II of the Act of 1963 (apart from subsections (1) and (2) of section 5), as amended by section 1 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1966 , and section 4 of the Juries Act, 1976 , shall apply as regards the registration of Assembly electors pursuant to this section and the register referred to in section 6 (1) of the Act of 1963 shall, in so far as it relates to persons entitled to vote at Assembly elections, be the register of European Assembly electors. | ||
(3) For the purpose of giving effect to subsection (2) of this section each of the references in subsections (4), (5), (5A) (inserted by section 1 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1966 ) or (6) of section 5 of the Act of 1963 to “the purposes of this section” shall be construed as including a reference to the purposes of this section. | ||
(4) In this section— | ||
“national of a Member State” has the meaning it has in the treaties; | ||
“the qualifying date” means the date specified by the Minister under section 5 (6) of the Act of 1963. |