S.I. No. 1/2007 - Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 Registration of Electors (Entry in Postal Voters List) Order 2007

1. This Order may be cited as the Registration of Electors (Entry in Postal Voters List) Order 2007.

2. The period for giving public notice under section 6(4)(b) in respect of applications for entry in the postal voters list under section 2 for the register of electors published in the year 2006 shall be the period commencing on the 19

th

day of January 2007 and ending on the 26

th

day of January 2007.

3. The latest date for receiving applications under section 6(4)(a) in respect of entry in the postal voters list under section 2 for the register of electors published in the year 2006 shall be the 14th day of February 2007.

4. Applicants who have applied in accordance with the provisions of this Order for entry in the postal voters list under section 2 for the register of electors published in the year 2006 and whose applications are granted under section 6 shall, in lieu of being entered in that list, be duly entered in the postal voters list which comes into force immediately following that list ceasing to be in force.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this 5

th

day of January 2007.

L.S.

Dick Roche

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prescribes the period for the giving of public notice and latest date for receipt of applications, in relation to the preparation of the postal voters list for prisoners for the 2007/2008 register of electors, pursuant to

section 6

(4) and (5)(b) of the

Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006

.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 6

(4) and (5)(b) of the

Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006

(No. 33 of 2006), hereby orders as follows