S.I. No. 386/1992 - Electoral Act, 1992 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order, 1992.

1. This order may be cited as the

Electoral Act, 1992

(Commencement) (No. 3) Order, 1992.

2. In this order "the Act" means the

Electoral Act, 1992

.

3. (1) Subject to sub-article (2) of this article:—

(

a

) section 15 of and Part II of the Second Schedule to the Act shall come into operation on the 11th day of December, 1992;

(

b

) Part II of the Act, other than section 15, and Parts I, III and IV of the Second Schedule to the Act shall come into operation on the 11th day of December, 1992 for the purposes of the registers of electors to be published in the year 1994 and in every subsequent year;

(

c

) section 5 of the Act shall come into operation on the 11th day of December, 1992 for the purpose of effecting the repeal of such of the enactments specified in Part I of the First Schedule to the Act, as are set out in Column 1 of Part I of the Schedule to this order to the extent respectively specified in Column 2 of that Schedule, and the revocation of such of the regulations specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule to the Act, as are set out in Column 1 of Part II of the Schedule to this order to the extent respectively specified in Column 2 of that Schedule for the purposes of the registers of electors to be published in the year 1994 and in every subsequent year;

(

d

) the remaining provisions of the Act, to the extent that they are not already in operation or otherwise provided for by this order, shall come into operation on the 11th day of December, 1992.

(2) Sub-article (1) of this article shall not operate:—

(

a

) so as to apply the provisions of the Act, or

(

b

) to bring into effect the repeal of the enactments or the revocation of the regulations set out in the First Schedule to the Act,

insofar as the general elections for the Dáil and Seánad consequent on the dissolution of the Dáil on the 5th day of November, 1992 and the referenda on the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution are concerned.

SCHEDULE

PART I

Column 1

Column 2

Electoral Act, 1963

Part II.

Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1966

.

The whole Act.

Local Elections Act, 1972

.

Section 1.

Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1973

.

Paragraph (a) of section 2.

European Assembly Elections Act, 1977

.

Section 3.

Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1985

.

Section 2; subsection (1) of section 3; sections 4 and 5.

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1986

.

Subsections (1) and (2) of section 2; sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 22 and 23 and subsection (1) of section 24.

PART II

Column 1

Column 2

Registration of Electors and Juries Acts (Specification of Dates) Regulations, 1963.

The whole regulations.

Registration of Electors (Amendment) Regulations, 1977.

The whole regulations.

Registration of Electors (Amendment) Regulations, 1985.

The whole regulations.

Electoral Regulations, 1987.

Paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of article 5; form SV1 set out in the Third Schedule.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 10th day of December, 1992.

MICHAEL SMITH,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order brings into operation the provisions of the

Electoral Act, 1992

not already in force.

S.I. No. 386 of 1992.

ELECTORAL ACT, 1992 (COMMENCEMENT) (No. 3) ORDER, 1992.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 1

(6) of the

Electoral Act, 1992

(No. 23 of 1992) hereby orders as follows