European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019
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Amendment of section 25 of Electoral Act 1992 | ||
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8. Section 25 of the Electoral Act 1992 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (7), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (g): | ||
“(g) the name of any political group or European political party in accordance with subsection (8), and”, | ||
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (8): | ||
“(8) Where a party which is registered in the Register as a party organised to contest a European election, or which applies for such registration in the Register, informs the Registrar that a member of the party, being a representative in the European Parliament (whether by reason of his having been elected as such a representative in the State or having been nominated as a replacement candidate under the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 ), is a member of— | ||
(a) a political group formed in accordance with the rules of procedure of the European Parliament, or | ||
(b) a European political party established in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations, | ||
the Registrar shall, if that member certifies in writing to the Registrar that he is a member of that party and that political group or that European political party, note on the Register, in relation to the party, the name of that political group or that European political party.”. |