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Appointment of days and times.
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6.—(1) Before every Seanad election the Minister shall by order appoint for the purpose of such Seanad election—
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(a) the day and hour (in this Act referred to as the expiration of the time for general panel nominations) on and at which the period during which the Seanad returning officer may receive nominations to the panels by nominating bodies shall expire;
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(b) the day and hour (in this Act referred to as the expiration of the time for Dáil panel nominations) on and at which the period during which the Seanad returning officer may receive nominations to the panels by members of Dáil Eireann shall expire;
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(c) the day and hour (in this Act referred to as the expiration of the time for ex-officio nominations) on and at which the period during which the Seanad returning officer may receive ex-officio nominations to the administrative panel shall expire;
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(d) the day on which and the place at which the Seanad returning officer will sit for the completion of the panels;
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(e) the day (in this Act referred to as the day of issue of ballot papers) on which the ballot papers for the said Seanad election are to be issued and posted to electors;
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(f) the day and hour (in this Act referred to as the close of the poll) at which the poll at the said Seanad election is to be closed;
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(g) the address of the Seanad returning officer to which applications for registration, nomination papers, and other communications may be sent to him.
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(2) In the case of the first Seanad election, the order under this section shall be made as soon as conveniently may be after the commencement of this Act and, in the case of every subsequent Seanad election, the order under this section shall be made within seven days after the dissolution of Dáil Eireann which occasions such Seanad election.
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(3) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to every order made by the Minister under this section except the order so made for the purposes of the first Seanad election, that is to say:—
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(a) the day appointed under this section for the expiration of the time for general panel nominations shall not be less than four weeks after the dissolution of Dáil Eireann and, where practicable, shall not be prior to the date fixed for the reassembly of Dáil Eireann after such dissolution;
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(b) the day appointed under this section for the expiration of the time for Dáil panel nominations shall not be less than seven days after the day appointed under this section for the expiration of the time for general panel nominations and, where practicable, shall be subsequent to the date fixed for the said reassembly of Dáil Eireann.
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(4) The day appointed by an order under this section for the expiration of the time for ex-officio nominations shall always be subsequent to the day appointed by the same order for the expiration of the time for Dáil panel nominations.
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(5) Every order made by the Minister under this section shall be published in the Iris Oifigiúil as soon as may be after it is made.
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