Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2004

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 15/2004

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Number 15 of 2004

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ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2004

REVISED

Updated to 8 July 2020

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Act 2020 (3/2020), enacted 10 July 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 243 of 2020), made 8 July 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

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Number 15 of 2004

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ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2004

REVISED

Updated to 8 July 2020

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Electoral Acts 1992 to 2019: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019 (7/2019), s. 9(3)). The Acts in this group are:

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995 (21/1995) (repealed)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 1996 (43/1996)

• Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 1998 (4/1998)

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 (19/1998) (repealed)

• Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (7/1999)

• Standards in Public Office Act 2001 (31/2001), insofar as it relates to functions of the Standards in Public Office Commission under the Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 (4/2002)

• Electoral Amendment (No. 2) Act 2002 (23/2002)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 (16/2005)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (33/2006)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2007 (14/2007)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009)

• Electoral (Amendment)(No. 2) Act 2009 (9/2009), other than s. 9

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 (14/2011)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2012 (27/2012)

• Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 (36/2012)

• Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 (7/2013)

• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013), except Parts 8 and 9

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(6), s. 5(4), Schedule 2, Part 2 and Schedule 4, paras. 17 and 18, in so far as it relates to the Electoral Act 1992

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2014 (8/2014)

• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2014 (24/2014)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2015 (62/2015), ss. 3 and 4

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2016 (5/2016)

• Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 (39/2017)

• Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018 (22/2018), ss. 71 and 73

• European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019 (7/2019), s. 8

European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2019: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019 (7/2019), s. 9(2)). The Acts in the group are:

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), Parts II, III, IV and XXIII and Second Schedule so far as they relate to European elections and European electors

• European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (2/1997)

• Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997), insofar as it relates to the European elections

• Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (7/1999), subs. 1(4) and so much of ss. 2 and 25 as relate to the European Parliament elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001), insofar as it relates to European Parliament elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 (4/2002), insofar as it relates to European Parliament elections

• European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 (2/2004)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), insofar as it relates to European Parliament elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (33/2006), insofar as it relates to European Parliament elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009), in so far as it relates to European Parliament elections

• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013)

• European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2014 (2/2014)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2014 (8/2014), in so far as it relates to European Parliament elections

• European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019 (7/2019), other than s. 8

Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(5)). The Acts in the group are:

• Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (8/1974)

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), Part II insofar as it relates to local government electors and Part XXIII insofar as it relates to local elections

• Local Government Act 1994 (8/1994), Parts II and III (repealed)

• Electoral Act 1997 (25/1997), Parts VII and VIII insofar as they relate to local elections

• Local Government Act 1998 (16/1998), ss. 9 and 10

• Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (7/1999), s. 1, other than subs. (4), and so much of s. 25 as relates to the European Parliament elections

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), Parts 3 and 4, Part 5 Chapter 3 and s. 243

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001), insofar as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 (4/2002), insofar as it relates to local elections

• Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 (17/2003)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), insofar as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (33/2006), insofar as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009), insofar as it relates to local elections

• Electoral (Amendment)(No. 2) Act 2009 (9/2009), other than s. 9

• Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 (36/2012), in so far as it relates to local elections

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 1(5), s. 5(4) and Schedule 2, part 2 in so far as it relates to Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 and Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999

Local Government Acts 1925 to 2019: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 (24/2019), s. 28(2)). The Acts in the group are:

• Local Government Act 1925 (5/1925)

• Local Government Act 1927 (3/1927)

• Local Government Act 1941 (23/1941)

• Local Government Act 1946 (24/1946)

• Local Government Act 1955 (9/1955)

• Local Government (No. 2) Act 1960 (40/1960)

• Local Government (Buncrana) Act 1968 (2/1968)

• Local Government (Rateability of Rents) (Abolition) Act 1971 (15/1971), in so far as it amends the Local Government Acts 1925 to 1968

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1978 (35/1978)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1983 (10/1983)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983 (21/1983)

• Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 (7/1985)

• Local Government Act 1991 (11/1991)

• Local Government Act 1994 (8/1994)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 (29/1997)

• Local Government Act 1998 (16/1998)

• Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 2000 (6/2000)

• Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), other than ss. 163, 164 and 211 and Parts 23 and 24

• Local Government Act 2003 (8/2003)

• Local Government (No.2) Act 2003 (17/2003)

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (15/2004), s. 34

• Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 (42/2006), ss. 2 to 7

• Water Services Act 2007 (30/2007), ss. 1(7), 13 and 115

• Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007 (39/2007), Part 3

• Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (17/2012), Part 4

• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (27/2013), Part 9

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), other than ss. 1(3)-(8), 5(3)-(5) and sch. 2

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014), s. 57

• Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (16/2016), ss. 1(2)(c) and 52

• Local Government Act 2019 (1/2019)

• Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019 (24/2019), other than ss. 23-26

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1930 (26/1930)

• Local Government Act 1931 (19/1931)

• Local Government Act 1933 (5/1933)

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1934 (5/1934)

• Local Government (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1934 (44/1934)

• Local Government Act 1936 (46/1936)

• Local Government (Amendment) Act 1939 (9/1939)

• Local Government Act 1953 (12/1953)

• Local Government Act 1958 (9/1958)

• Local Government Act 1959 (10/1959)

• Local Government Act 1960 (23/1960)

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