Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2009

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Number 4 of 2009

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ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2009

REVISED

Updated to 9 January 2023

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under 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 Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, 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

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 4 of 2009

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ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2009

REVISED

Updated to 9 January 2023

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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 first passed.

Related legislation

Electoral Acts 1992 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992)

• 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• Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 (19/1998) (repealed)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), in so far as it relates to functions of the 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), other than Parts 8 and 9

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

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

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2015 (62/2015)

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

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

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

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

• Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), ss. 6-30, 41-59, 61-69, 72, 77-114, 173

European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), Parts II, III, IV and XXIII of and Sch. 2, 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 European elections and the European Parliament Elections Acts, 1992 to 1997

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), ss. 75, 115, 176

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 this group are:

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

• Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), so much of Act as relates to local elections

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

• 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), other than s. 1(4) and so much of s. 25 as relates to the European Parliament elections

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

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

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

• Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 (17/2003), in so far as it relates to local elections

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

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

• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (4/2009), in so far 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), s. 1(5), s. 5(4) and sch. 2 part 2, in so far as it relates to the Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 and the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions. A version without annotations, showing only textual amendments, is also available.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)

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

All Acts up to and including Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• None

All statutory instruments up to and including Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 4 of 2009

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ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2009

REVISED

Updated to 9 January 2023

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Acts Referred to

Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005
Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005	2005, No. 16
Electoral Act 1997	1997, No. 25
Electoral Acts 1992 to 2007
European Parliament Elections Act 1997	1997, No. 2
European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2006
Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999	1999, No. 7
Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2006
Statutory Declarations Act 1938	1938, No. 37
Succession Act 1965	1965, No. 27

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Number 4 of 2009

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ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2009

REVISED

Updated to 9 January 2023

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