Electoral Reform Act 2022

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Amendment of section 17 of Act of 1992

94. (1) Section 17 of the Act of 1992 is amended in subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (a)—

(i) by the substitution of “an illness or disability” for “a physical illness or physical disability”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “illness or disability” for “physical illness or physical disability”,

and

(b) in paragraph (b), by the deletion of “physical” in both places where it occurs.

(2) Section 17 of the Act of 1992 (as amended by subsection (1)) is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) The registration authority shall enter in the special voters list the name of every elector who applies to be so entered in accordance with Rule 19 of Part III of the Second Schedule and who satisfies the registration authority that he or she is ordinarily resident in a hospital or in a home or similar institution for persons with an illness or disability and is unable to go in person to vote at the polling place for that elector’s polling district by reason of his or her illness or disability.”,

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) An application to be entered in the special voters list shall be made in accordance with Part III of the Second Schedule.”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(6) An application to be entered in the special voters list received on a date that is a date on or after—

(a) the third day after the date of dissolution of the Dáil in the case of a general election,

(b) the third day after the date of the making of the order appointing polling day in the case of a Dáil bye-election, or

(c) the twenty-first day (disregarding any excluded day) before polling day in the case of a presidential, European or local election, or a referendum,

shall have no effect in relation to that election or referendum, as the case may be.”.