European Parliament Elections Act, 1997

PART II

Elections

Registration of European electors.

6.—(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person referred to in section 9 of the Act of 1992, who is a national of a Member State other than the State or the United Kingdom, shall not be entitled to be registered as a European elector in a constituency unless such person—

(a) applies to be so registered by completing an application paper in the form directed by the Minister, and

(b) furnishes to the registration authority a statutory declaration stating—

(i) the nationality of the person,

(ii) the address in the State at which the person is ordinarily resident,

(iii) where applicable, the locality or constituency in the person's home Member State on the electoral roll of which the person's name was last entered, and

(iv) the intention of such person to exercise the right to vote at a European election in the State only.

(2) Where a registration authority receives a statutory declaration referred to in subsection (1) it shall, as soon as may be, forward a copy of the declaration to the Minister who shall transmit such copy to the competent administrative authority of the home Member State of the person to whom the said declaration relates.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to any person who was registered as a European elector in a constituency in a register of electors which came into force in the year 1994 including any supplement thereto published under section 15 of the Act of 1992.

(4) Where a citizen of Ireland applies to be entered on the electoral roll in the Member State, other than the State or the United Kingdom, in which the citizen resides, the Minister shall, on the request of the competent administrative authority of the Member State concerned, furnish to the said authority such relevant information available to the Minister as would indicate whether the citizen has the right to vote at an election in the State.