Electoral Act, 1992

PART I

General

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral Act, 1992.

(2) The Presidential Elections Acts, 1937 to 1986 and Part II insofar as it relates to presidential electors and Part XXIII insofar as it relates to presidential elections may be cited together as the Presidential Elections Acts, 1937 to 1992, and shall be construed together as one Act.

(3) The European Assembly Elections Acts, 1977 to 1986 and Part II insofar as it relates to European electors and Parts III and XXIII insofar as they relate to European elections may be cited together as the European Assembly Elections Acts, 1977 to 1992, and shall be construed together as one Act.

(4) The collective citation “the Referendum Acts 1942 to 1992” shall include Part XXIII insofar as it relates to referenda and the Referendum Acts 1942 to 1992 shall be construed together as one Act.

(5) The Local Elections Acts, 1963 to 1991 and Part II insofar as it relates to local government electors and Part XXIII insofar as it relates to local elections may be cited together as the Local Elections Acts, 1963 to 1992, and shall be construed together as one Act.

(6) This Act, other than this section, shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act.

(7) An order made under subsection (6) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as possible after it is made.