Electoral Reform Act 2022

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Interpretation

2. In this Act—

“Act of 1992” means the Electoral Act 1992 ;

“Act of 1993” means the Presidential Elections Act 1993 ;

“Act of 1994” means the Referendum Act 1994 ;

“Act of 1997” means the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 ;

“Act of 2001” means the Local Government Act 2001 ;

“Act of 2006” means the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 ;

“Act of 2014” means the Companies Act 2014 ;

“chairperson” means the chairperson of the Commission;

“chief executive” has the meaning assigned to it by section 21 ;

“Commission” means An Coimisiún Toghcháin established under section 8 ;

“Dáil” means Dáil Éireann;

“Dáil bye-election” means an election of a member of the Dáil to fill a vacancy occasioned by a person having ceased to be a member of the Dáil otherwise than in consequence of a dissolution;

“Dáil election” means an election of a member or members to serve in the Dáil, and includes a Dáil bye-election;

“election” means, as the context may require, a Dáil election, a European election, a local election, a presidential election or a Seanad election;

“enactment” has the same meaning as it has in the Interpretation Act 2005 ;

“European Communities” has the same meaning as it has in the European Communities Act 1972 ;

“European election” means an election in the State of members to the European Parliament;

“European political party” means a European political party established and registered with the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014;

“local election” means an election under Part 4 of the Act of 2001;

“Minister” means the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage;

“political party” means a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2;

“presidential election” means an election of a person to the office of President of Ireland;

“presidential elector” has the same meaning as it has in section 7 of the Act of 1992;

“referendum” means a constitutional referendum or an ordinary referendum;

“Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014” means Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014¹ on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations, as amended by—

(a) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/673 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 May 2018² amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations, and

(b) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2019/493 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019³ amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014 as regards a verification procedure related to infringements of rules on the protection of personal data in the context of elections to the European Parliament;

“Seanad bye-election” means an election of a member of Seanad Éireann to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death, resignation or disqualification of an elected member of Seanad Éireann;

“Seanad election” means an election of a member or members to serve in Seanad Éireann and includes a Seanad bye-election.

¹ OJ No. L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 1

² OJ No. L 114, 4.5.2018, p. 1

³ OJ No. L 85, 27.3.2019, p. 7