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S.I. No. 223/1975 - Local Elections Act, 1965 (Section 5) Regulations, 1975.
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the
Local Elections Act, 1965
(Section 5) Regulations, 1975.
(2) The
Local Elections Act, 1965
(Section 5) Regulations, 1974 (
S.I. No. 258 of 1974
), and these Regulations may be cited together as the
Local Elections Act, 1965
(Section 5) Regulations, 1974 and 1975.
2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the
Local Elections Act, 1965
(Section 5) Regulations, 1974 (
S.I. No. 258 of 1974
).
3. (1) "second Thursday in the month of October" is hereby substituted for "second Thursday in the month of November" (inserted by the Principal Regulations) in sections 7 (8) and 10 (10), subsections (1) and (2) of section 14, subsections (1) and (2) of section 20 and
sections 27
,
31
(3),
32
(1) and
33
(1) of the
Harbours Act, 1946
(No. 9 of 1946).
(2) "the period beginning on the 7th day of July and ending on the 31st day of August in an election year" is hereby substituted for "the period beginning on the 7th day of July and ending on the 30th day of September in an election year" (inserted by the Principal Regulations) in subsections (1) and (3) to (9) of section 10 of that Act.
(3) "the period beginning on the 1st day of September and ending on the second Thursday in the month of October in an election year" is hereby substituted for "the period beginning on the 1st day of October and ending on the second Thursday in the month of November in an election year" (inserted by the Principal Regulations) in section 10 (2).
(4) "the period beginning on the 1st day of September and ending on the second Thursday in the month of October in the election year" is hereby substituted for "the period beginning on the 1st day of October and ending on the second Thursday in the month of November in the Election year" (inserted by the Principal Regulations) in section 11 (
b
).
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 24th day of September, 1975.
PETER BARRY,
Minister for Transport and Power.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
The purpose of the Regulations is to restore the dates originally specified in the
Harbours Act, 1946
in regard to (
a
) the making of appointments to a harbour authority in an election year and (
b
) the holding of the annual meeting of a harbour authority.
S.I. No. 223 of 1975.
LOCAL ELECTIONS ACT, 1965 (SECTION 5) REGULATIONS, 1975.
I, PETER BARRY, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 5
of the
Local Elections Act, 1965
(No. 19 of 1965), hereby make the following regulations